Kernel Differences Woes

[Rod Haper]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Rod Haper writes:
> 
>> Okay, let me try this again by restating my problem in a little 
>> different way.
>>
>> I have a generic AMD Athlon XP, VIA chipset mainboard based system 
>> that will boot FC4 and run just fine with the FC4 baseline 
>> 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 stock kernel but when I boot the updated 
>> 2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 stock kernel it fails to include some of the 
>> hardware devices like the ethernet interface, USB mouse, etc.  The 
>> same problem occurs with the FC5 baseline stock kernel.  What is 
>> different in the two stock kernels that could be causing this problem 
>> and, more importantly, what can I do to fix the problem?
>>
>> I also have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop that has similar problems.  It 
>> will boot and run the FC4 baseline 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 stock kernel and 
>> kernels through the early 1400 builds but for all following stock 
>> kernel updates the PCMCIA ethernet device is not included.
> 
> 
> The only thing you can do is file your hardware particulars in bugzilla, 
> and hope that someone, sometime, will get around to looking at it.
> 
> With the size of the kernel exploding over the last 5 years, or so, 
> unless you're using common hardware that the majority of people use, 
> you're going to be operating in the "if it works, great, if it doesn't, 
> you're screwed" mode.
> 
> At least you can boot.  One of my machines can't boot anything newer 
> than 2.6.13-1.1532, without panicing.
> 
> 


Sam,

Thanks for the reply and suggestion.  I guess I'll go ahead and file 
bugzilla reports for the two systems but I won't hold my breath.  I've 
searched bugzilla several times for similar problems without any luck. 
I suspect the problem is related to changes in udev. In the meantime, 
I'll just continue running FC4 with the old 1369 kernel.

-- 
Rod