Scott Silva wrote: > It seems that you tried to patch the CentOS kernel and it didn't work. A > patch for a newer kernel probably wouldn't apply clean, and the CentOS > kernels coming from RHEL are heavily patched already. The last time I > played in the kernel there were at least a hundred patches. Probably > more. Any one of those could contribute to your new patch failing. > I usually wouldn't recommend using a non-standard kernel on CentOS. If > the kernel in the main repo or the plus repo doesn't suit your system, > and you add a kernel from the main kernel.org sources, you risk > de-stabilizing your system. An Enterprise linux like CentOS is designed > for stability and long life and the pieces are fairly intertwined. If > you need a custom patch or a newer kernel, I would just use a > distribution like Gentoo or Slackware that seems to use newer parts, or > see if someone already adds your patch to their current kernel. For the record ... the number of patches in the latest RHEL-5 kernel == 1529 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080730/0439ac37/attachment-0003.sig>