Patching the kernel
I have a question about kernel patches that will upgrade the kernel one release, say from 2.4.22 to 2.4.23. It seems that while recompiling the whole kernel will create a 2.4.23 folder and name everything 2.4.23, using a patch to upgrade will keep the 2.4.22 folder but upgrade the files in it. Can I rename this folder from 2.4.22 to 2.4.23 now without causing problems? Is there anything else besides /lib/modules/2.4.22 that don't change with a patch but do change with a recompile? In other words, is there anything else I'll need to rename/change? I'm afraid if I change the name of this folder I'll still have things out there looking for a 2.4.22 kernel when it doesn't exist anymore. What tells programs that you are using a 2.4.23 kernel... is it just the name of this folder?
Thanks,
Johnathan
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