Kernel Differences Woes

Mon Jun 5 01:51:40 UTC 2006

Rod Haper wrote:

> when I boot the updated 2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 stock kernel it fails to
> include some of the hardware devices
<...>
> what can I do to fix the problem?

Don't upgrade the kernel.

I know it might sound like a rather blase, but it's the best answer. If
you find a kernel that works, why upgrade it?

Fact is, later kernel releases often break code that worked in previous
releases. Sad but true.

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K.
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Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) on sky, running kernel 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5
  02:50:19 up 8 days, 22:30,  1 user,  load average: 0.12, 0.08, 0.03