RHEL Kernel Versions

[Kenny Lussier]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Michael ODonnell <
michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> > With RHEL, you eliminate support when you put in a kernel that
> > isn't one of theirs.
>
> Well, it's true that RHAT will not support just any random
> kernel that you've overlaid on top of an RHEL distribution,
> but even as a Debian devotee I respect their reasons for
> adopting that stance - they're reknowned for patching their
> kernels to smithereens in an ongoing effort to fix bugs and
> back-port selected enhancements, so the RHAT kernels can end
> up being quite different from the kernel.org kernel a given
> distribution is based on.


I'm not questioning reasons for doing so. I completely understand them, and
I agree with them doing so for business reasons. You can't agree to support
something, and then have the basis for it changed, and still support it
effectively. I have no problems with that. The predicament that I have is
that I have developers telling me that they need features that are in a
certain kernel (in this case 2.6.20), and I have no real way of knowing what
2.6.9-67 equates to. I will have to find out the exact features of the
kernel they are looking for, and go through the changelogs to see if those
features are included.


Thanks,
Kenny
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