Re: New Linux Development Model

[John Carlson <carlsj@yahoo.com>]

--- jerome lacoste <jerome.lacoste@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/5/05, Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@ed-soft.at>
> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Sorry for not posting my Name.
> >
> > Maybe you don't understand what i wanted to say or
> it's my bad english.
> > The ipw2200 driver was only an example. I had also
> problems with, vmware,
> > unionfs...
> > What i mean ist, that kernel developers make
> incompatible changes to the
> > header
> > files, change structures, interfaces and so on.
> Which makes the kernel
> > releases
> > incompatible.
> 
> I will ask you just one question: as a user, why did
> you want to
> upgrade your kernel?
> 
> On a server you want stability. So you don't
> upgrade. On a desktop,
> there are probably a bunch of out of kernel modules
> that will need
> upgrading with each new kernel modules. Just on the
> laptop I am using
> right now, I will have to upgrade the vmware bridge,
> nvidia driver,
> madwifi wireless driver, etc. And that's normal. The
> new development
> model didn't change that.
> 
> I avoid touching my kernel on boxes I do real work
> with. I do build a
> new kernel for test purposes and to give feedback if
> there's an issue.
> But most of the time I skip 2-3 versions before
> finding a very
> compelling reason to upgrade. And I stick with my
> distribution kernel
> as much as I can.
> 
> As for kernel/drivers developers, it's another
> story.
> 
> If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
> 
> Jerome
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Another method, the one I use, is to keep a small
drive with a minimum system on it to test/update the
kernel.  After updating the kernel and any modules
required on the test driver, its then a simple matter
to move them, if there are no problems, to my working
system.

Jack


John Carlson
<carlsj@yahoo.com>


		
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