Michael, On Wednesday, 2024-04-17 10:10:56 +0100, you wrote:
> On Tuesday, 16 April 2024 20:26:25 BST Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2024-04-16, Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... > > > But, to get back to the beginning of this discussion: if there is a > > > risk that my aging hardware possibly can less and less cope with > > > newer and newer kernels, should I put something like > > > > > > >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.7.0 > > > > > > into file "package.mask" to stay with "longterm" 6.6.* kernels? > > ... > > I am not sure the assumption "... aging hardware possibly can less and less > cope with newer and newer kernels" is correct. As already mentioned newer > kernels have both security and bug fixes. As long as you stick with stable > gentoo-sources you'll have these in your system. But since the 6.6.* kernel is LTS, security and bug fixes will be back- ported into it and all is well. And if this can't be done for some rea- son or other, I can still cautiously advance my entry in file "package. mask" to the next LTS kernel. > ... > PS. Regarding your earlier question about different make *config commands and > their meaning you can check the latest make help page: > > $ cd /usr/src/linux > $ make help Done. Again learned something. Thanks a lot :-) Sincerely, Rainer
