Re: upgrading when 2.3.x arives

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:33:49 +0000 (GMT)


Hi John.

> I am wondering that when the 2.2.x series of kernels arives and
> work begins on 2.3.x will it be possible to upgrade from the 2.1.x
> series source tree to the 2.3.x with a simple patch or will it be
> necessary to download the entire package. If that is the case I
> fear that I may not be able to have a nice new kernel.

I have to admit that I'm wondering similarly about upgrading from
2.0.36 to 2.2.0 when it comes out - and whether it'll be worth
grabbing the relevant patch file, or the raw kernel source will be
smaller...

Best wishes from Riley.

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