On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 09:43:52AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Most of the hardware support is in the kernel and as far as I can tell > buster should run with a 4.2 kernel (required by systemd).
The release notes for buster say that it requires a 3.2 kernel due to GNU libc. https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#glibc-and-linux This is the reason why my VPS, which is running under a 2.6 kernel, cannot be upgraded past stretch. To the best of my knowledge, there is no reason Gene couldn't run buster with his 3.10 kernel. At least, nothing in the release notes counter-indicates it. Actual experience may dictate otherwise.