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SubjectRe: starting with 2.7
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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