Sherpa Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 i just installed mandrake 10 official and i am wondering if this kernel : 2.6.3-7mdk-i686-up-4GB is better than 2.6.3-9 that i had with CE [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 the latter is newer, sort of. It probably contains mandrake-specific fixes, but the actual kernel is the same version. Basically, with rpm's the number of that the - is a release number for the rpm. This doesn't mean the kernel is a new kernel, it's just a newer packaging of the same kernel (I really don't know of a better way to explain it). The former kernel is optimized for i686 processors, is for a single processor system, and can handle up to 4GB of ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 It's impossible to say whether its better or not, but if I were you I'd stick with the OE, it probably won't be too long until theres a kernel update (if there isn't one already) available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 2.6..3-13 is the latest MDK kernel update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Bascially unless you have a good reason or just want to play/learn stick with the defaults.... 2.4->2.6 is a big deal but incremental versions are ot really going to do anything unless it specifically fixes something for your hardware! Ive found problems using interim MDK kernels in that the kernel-source doesnt match the kernel. 90% of the time this doesnt matter but for non-GPL drivers it does becuase they need to fit exactly with the 'hooks' left by the kernel compile which are described in the kernel headers. If you REALLY want to learn then a vanilla kernel you patch and configure yourself is the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirogen2 Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 the latter is newer, sort of. It probably contains mandrake-specific fixes, but the actual kernel is the same version. Basically, with rpm's the number of that the - is a release number for the rpm. This doesn't mean the kernel is a new kernel, it's just a newer packaging of the same kernel (I really don't know of a better way to explain it). The release number (number after the dash) indicates changes to the RPM package as itself, not necessarily to the pristine source inside it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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