Kernel 2.6.30

[john wendel]

On 06/18/2009 03:14 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:44:17 +0900, Misha wrote:
>>
>>> В Чтв, 18/06/2009 в 00:44 -0300, Itamar Reis Peixoto пишет:
>>>> koji is the fedora build system
>>>>
>>>> there are a 2.6.30 compiled in koji.
>>> I am using F10. Would it be safe for me to install
>>> kernel-2.6.29.5-84.fc10 from koji? Or even kernel-2.6.30-6.fc12 keeping
>>> in mind I'm no tester? :-)
>>
>> The F10 kernel build you refer to is pending as a future test-update:
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.5-84.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10
>>
>>
> To your original question, no. Getting any software from koji, rawhide,
> or even updates-testing involves a certain risk factor. I am not saying
> "don't do it," just that you asked if it was safe, and the answer is no,
> or at least "not really."
>
> Kernel 2.6.30 has a LOT of new stuff in it, unless you have a need for
> something new or want to start being a tester, you might wait on this
> one, or try it in a VM first. VM is addictive, I have f{9,10,11,rawhide}
> VMs, all four major BSD flavors, and Solaris. Oh, and a Win7 beta with
> about 20 minutes uptime on it.
>

Good advice (for the chickens). Until I replaced it with F11, I was 
running 2.6.30 from kernel.org on an F8 box. It contains new stuff, but 
you don't have to use it. It was working perfectly.

BTW, why would anyone want to build a new kernel and use the Fedora 
configuration file? You can dump a few megabytes of useless crap by 
building a kernel that is tailored to your system.

Regards,

John