Why doesn't slackware 14 include linux kernel 3.4.x?
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Why doesn't slackware 14 include linux kernel 3.4.x?
Why doesn't slackware 14 include linux kernel 3.4.x?
The problem is that i have video card amd radeon HD 7750 and native amd drivers with catalist 12.6 beta don't work with xorg 7.7 at all. I red that kernel 3.4.x does have support for radeon hd 77xx series video cards. So it'll be nice to include linux kernel 3.4.x to Slackware 14 distribution, because right now i can't work properly.
Slackware 13.37 uses the 2.6.37.6 Linux kernel, and also ships with 2.6.38.4 kernels for those who want to run the latest (and also includes configuration files for 2.6.35.12 and 2.6.39-rc4).
maybe a solution: 3.2 in slackware/, 3.4 in extra/ and a configuration file for 3.5-rc4
The nature of upstream development means that whatever kernel Pat ships, it's going to be obsolete before very long. The simple truth is that you will want to update your own kernel during the lifetime of a slackware release. By shipping against the latest long-term branch by default Pat allows people the choice of either following the longterm branch updates, or chasing the bleeding edge of mainline kernel development.
Agreed. And the process of compiling a newer kernel is facilitated by another smart decision (IMHO) which is to ship unpatched kernels as much as possible.
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 06-27-2012 at 07:42 AM.
Don't forget that Slackware is used on servers, where stable and well-supported system is wanted, so sticking to LTS kernel makes a lot of sense in this kind of environment.
For a personal computer it seems safe and stable enough -- balancing the small risk of disruption against the certainty of time required to change the kernel and the larger risk of complicating disaster recovery with a non-standard kernel.
Why slackware 13.37 have 2 kernels? Also slackware 13.0 had 2 kernels.
Slackware 11.0 had a 2.4 kernel by default, for who want to use slackware for server, and a 2.6 kernel in extra/ for who want to use slackware for workstation.
Why slackware 14.0 may not have 2?
A kernel LTS as standard kernel for who want to use slackware for server, and a non-LTS in extra/ for who want to use slackware for workstation.
Slackware 14.0 is not finalized, nor is it out yet.
-Current by design only has one kernel due to the nature that it is NOT a stable branch, but more of a developer/tester/unstable branch.
Only stable branches are allocated two kernels. The default kernel is for the main release as a long term support while the kernel included in /testing is more of what was still being tested off the main kernel.org line for just such purposes of supporting hardware that may not be supported by the default long term support kernel.
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