Re: upgrading when 2.3.x arives

Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:55:02 -0500

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John Haggerty wrote:
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> 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.

You would have to patch the kernel to 2.2.x, and there will be a patch
splitting off from a 2.2 kernel to make 2.3.1

Brian Gerst

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