Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:35:10 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 |
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:18:26PM -0800, David Lang wrote:
> Sorry, I've been useing kernel.org kernels since the 2.0 days and even > within a stable series I always do a full set of tests before upgrading. > every single stable series has had 'paper bag' releases, and every single > one has had fixes to drivers that have ended up breaking those drivers. > > the only way to know if a new kernel will work on your hardware is to try > it. It doesn't matter if the upgrade is from 2.4.24 to 2.4.25 or 2.6.9 to > 2.6.10 or even 2.4.24 to 2.6.10 > > anyone who assumes that just becouse the kernel is in the stable series > they can blindly upgrade their production systems is just dreaming.
I was not thinking about a "blindly upgrade".
But the question is if you compile and test a kernel, is it every unlikely or relatively common to observe new problems?
> David Lang
cu Adrian
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