On 11/5/05, Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Depends on the user and what he wants to do. There are several
Hi.
Sorry for not posting my Name.
Maybe you don't understand what i wanted to say or it's my bad english.
The ipw2200 driver was only an example. I had also problems with, vmware,
unionfs...
What i mean ist, that kernel developers make incompatible changes to the
header
files, change structures, interfaces and so on. Which makes the kernel
releases
incompatible.
I will ask you just one question: as a user, why did you want to
upgrade your kernel?
On a server you want stability. So you don't upgrade.
On a desktop, there are probably a bunch of out of kernel modules that will needFrom my point of view, it makes a difference if i have to recompile
upgrading with each new kernel modules. Just on the laptop I am using
right now, I will have to upgrade the vmware bridge, nvidia driver,
madwifi wireless driver, etc. And that's normal. The new development
model didn't change that.
I avoid touching my kernel on boxes I do real work with. I do build aSo you wanna say a new "stable" kernel isn't a realy a stable one
new kernel for test purposes and to give feedback if there's an issue.
But most of the time I skip 2-3 versions before finding a very
compelling reason to upgrade. And I stick with my distribution kernel
as much as I can.
As for kernel/drivers developers, it's another story.
If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
Jerome