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> I've looked at the kernel packages we have in /usr/portage, but have no |
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> guide there either. If I go by gentoo-sources, I could get rid of all |
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> but very recent versions of udev, but I have heard some things also |
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> about people using older kernels. Also, vanilla-sources goes all the way |
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> back to 2.6.16 (I have no idea why)? |
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I think, at the very least, we want to support kernel 2.6.32 or later |
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via whatever methods are required in Gentoo to allow those existing |
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systems to keep running and recompile as needed. 2.6.32 is used by a |
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number of mainstream distributions as a long term stable release. |
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And, cautious admins migrating to Gentoo or supporting the same apps |
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on multiple distributions may want to continue to stick with that |
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kernel release for awhile. I'm also aware that 2.6.36 was widely |
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deployed for gentoo servers around here, although some of those |
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systems have started to migrate to 3.2. I'm not sure how much of a |
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need there would be for anything older than 2.6.32. 2.6.32 would seem |
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to be a reasonable cutoff. |
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As for udev specifically, 171 is what is deployed on most boxes here |
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to avoid any possible need for an initrd or other possible bugs with |
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newer releases... Reading the udev-171 ebuild, it appears it supports |
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>2.6.16 so I'm not sure if there is any need for udev versions earlier |
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than 171. |
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