On 06/01/11 11:01, Genes MailLists wrote:
On 06/01/2011 01:55 PM, M A Young wrote:
>> you go about doing that?
> kernels are generally stand alone and don't depend on other packages, so
> you can probably just download and install the f15 kernel directly (though
In
the past, I have seen an intimate relationship between
the compiler version and the kernel. This was the case
when I used to run FreeBSD. I would try to compile a most
current release with a previous release compiler. I would
either get compilation or link-load errors, or the kernel
would not boot until I compiled it with the same compiler
version that the released kernel was compiled with.
Perhaps other individuals might recall the very early version of Linux.
> Michael Young
Largely yes but kernel modules require some caution:
a) The newer compiler will make some compile time kernel modules
(such as virtualbox) not work unless you update the compiler on your f14
system to match the one used to compile the kernel (or recompile the kernel)
b) compiling nvidia kernel module - may have additional problema as
the kernel headers changed and it may be missing linux_smp.h or
something (forget the exact name).
So yes .. you are largely but not 100% correct :-)