Yesterday I installed a new kernel: "Linux version 2.6.5-7.276-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)) #1 Mon Jul 24 10:45:31 UTC 2006" is what dmesg says which I read as being built as of 7-24-2006. I am looking for an updated rtl8150.c network driver that contains a section for a ZyXEL USB ethernet device. I thought that it was included in the 7-24 build since it is included in 2.6.18-rc2 of 7-15-2006. Do I just not understand the process? On a related note, what kernel version can I run in my Suse 9.1 system? I show the highest number available to be 2.6.5-7.276 for 9.1. What happens if I try to install the 2-6-18 kernel? Will the system hose up? Fred
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 13:31, Stevens wrote:
On a related note, what kernel version can I run in my Suse 9.1 system? I show the highest number available to be 2.6.5-7.276 for 9.1. What happens if I try to install the 2-6-18 kernel? Will the system hose up?
If you download the kernel and the kernel sources, you can usually run much later kernels than your distro came with. Usually its much more sensitive to a different compiler version than a different kernel version. Having said this, I wouldn't get too crazy trying to bring the kernel all the way up to the current one with no baclup, so be sure to retain your current one. I used to install Mantel's Kernel of the Day, (because his almost always worked, and I needed the emerging features back then) and was several kernels later than the distro. Mind you, this was significantly prior to 9.1. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Stevens
Yesterday I installed a new kernel: "Linux version 2.6.5-7.276-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)) #1 Mon Jul 24 10:45:31 UTC 2006" is what dmesg says which I read as being built as of 7-24-2006. I am looking for an updated rtl8150.c network driver that contains a section for a ZyXEL USB ethernet device.
I thought that it was included in the 7-24 build since it is included in 2.6.18-rc2 of 7-15-2006. Do I just not understand the process? On a
You downloaded 2.6.5 which is much older than 2.6.18. Your version contained just security fixes added.
related note, what kernel version can I run in my Suse 9.1 system? I show the highest number available to be 2.6.5-7.276 for 9.1. What happens if I try to install the 2-6-18 kernel? Will the system hose up?
It will break, you need some other system tools updated as well, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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