--- Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 21:36 +0200, Maxim Shpakov > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > There is kernel-smp-2.6.9-48 from Jason Baron at > http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/ > > Can anyone advice where I can find RPMs of this > kernel version for > > CentOS 4.4 ? Or how it can be created... > > > > Just for the record ... that link is RHEL testing > kernels. > > Those kernels are not deemed stable or have not > passed QA. > > At random intervals throughout the build cycle, > kernels get released > there for testing (usually in relation to a bug from > the redhat > bugzilla). > > Sometimes we (CentOS) will be a kernel or maybe a > couple and put them in > our Testing Repo: > > http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories > > We do it for the same reason that the upstream guys > do, to test fixes to > bugs in the CentOS Bug Tracker or because we need a > feature in the newer > kernel, etc. > > You can get the RPMS of the RH kernels directly from > the above link, and > they will work on CentOS. If we have a kernel built > that will do what > you want in the testing repo, I would use it, as it > was complied on > CentOS as signed by a CentOS key ... but there is > very little that is > different and the jbaron kernels should work OK on > CentOS. > > Please do understand the there are possible > regressions and possible > security updates missing from those kernels, as they > are "Testing" and > not official "QA'ed" kernels. > > They may fix a major problem, and you may want to > use them ... and by > all means, do use them if they make your machine > work ... just remember > that they need upgraded AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ... for > they are _TESTING_ > kernels :P > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > > P.S. - Did I mention that those are testing kernels > :P > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Johnny, You forgot to mention one thing. That Those Kernels are TESTING KERNELS! ;-P Steven "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows or better'. So I installed Linux."