Just a thought, but aren't odd numbered kernel minor numbers supposed to be unstable and even numbered minors supposed to be stable? I think I remember reading that somewhere.
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Nathan England <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to respond to my own email. I guess I need to look at it > differently. My problem > is I want the kernel version to stay the same for a long time, and it > really doesn't > need to. > > I need to use the latest stable kernel, not mainline, and treat it like > any other piece > of software that updates on a regular basis and has radically fast number > changes.... > lol > > Thanks for listening. You can have your couch back. > > nathan > > > > On Monday, May 13, 2013 18:47:26 Nathan England wrote: > > Hello all! > > > > Sorry, I just need to rant for a moment. I recently built an X86_64 LFS > > build using the current stable. It recommends using linux kernel 3.8.1, > so > > I picked the latest at the moment which was 3.8.11. It has only been a > > couple of weeks and now the 3.8 line has been EOL'd !!!!!argh! > > > > I don't want to use the mainline kernel, but the rest are old enough > that I > > want to utilize the "coolness" of the latest stuff and use a newer > kernel. > > > > Should I build a new LFS and use the 3.9.2 kernel or is that too going > to be > > EOL'd in a week? How are we supposed to know what is going to be a long > > term kernel? Or are the "long term kernels" really the only long term > > kernels and anything other than mainline should automatically be > considered > > EOL kernels? > -- > Regards, > > Nathan England > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com > Nathan England ([email protected]) > Systems Administration / Web Application Development > Information Security Consulting > (480) 559.9681 > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
