Do I need to reinstall all drives after I upgrade my kernel

babyboss · 08-14-2005, 08:35 PM

Right now, I am having kernel 2.4.29 on my box, and I am thinking of upgrade it to 2.6.* I am cuirous if i have to install all my drivers all over after I upgrade?

Matir · 08-14-2005, 08:52 PM

If you have any binary-only drivers (nvidia, etc.) or non-kernel-tree drivers, you may need to reinstall these. However, most drivers are in the kernel tree and will thus be fine.

cathectic · 08-15-2005, 03:49 AM

You will also need to rebuild the alsa-driver package when you have your new kernel up and running.

dunric · 08-15-2005, 07:31 AM

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Originally posted by cathectic
You will also need to rebuild the alsa-driver package when you have your new kernel up and running.

You needn't to reinstall alsa-driver package. When you configure your new kernel with ALSA support, ALSA modules will be built and installed with it so you have to rather uninstall this package if you have no special need to keep these modules separately.

cathectic · 08-15-2005, 07:41 AM

It depends on if you build in Alsa support to the kernel or not though. I don't, hence I just rebuild a new alsa-driver package for the kernel I use with a modified SlackBuild script.