Gerry Doris wrote:
>
> I noticed that SuSE have posted a 2.2.3 kernel tarball on their website. As
> there don't seem to be any instructions perhaps someone can help me out...
>
> 1. is this kernel any different from the "standard" 2.2.3 kernel? In other
> words, does SuSE modify the kernel for use on their OS?
>
> 2. the SuSE 6.0 box says that it is 2.2 ready but shipped with 2.0.36. Is this
> really true or are there other packages that still need to be upgraded to run
> the 2.2.3 kernel? If so, is there a list somewhere?
>
> 3. Redhat has posted an upgrade HowTo (with dire warnings about upgrading). Is
> there some similar howto or instructions available for SuSE?
>
The 2.2.3 kernel runs properly on the standard
suse6 distribution.
There is a difference in the setup for compiling
a kernel on suse6, depending on whether you want a
2.0* kernel or a 2.2* kernel.
The 2.036 kernel needs to be compiled with the older
gcc version; whereas the 2.2* kernel is best compiled with egcs.
Under suse6, there is a package called "gcc front".
If you install it, you can compile the 2.0.36 kernel;
if you don't install it, you have egcs as your compiler,
which can effectively compilr the 2.2.* series kernels.
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