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xduugu

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Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 292

Re: Is there something holding back kernel 2.6.32?

No, they do not need to match.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83564
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83439
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ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,356

Re: Is there something holding back kernel 2.6.32?

On a related note:

> pacman -Syys kernel
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core/kernel-headers 2.6.32-1 (base)
    Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
core/kernel26 2.6.31.6-1 (base)
    The Linux Kernel and modules
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Aren't the headers and the kernel supposed to match?

The key is 'sanitized for use in userspace'.

It has nothing to do with the version of kernel26. kernel26-headers is the one that is linked, and that is only split from kernel26 in 2.6.32 (new change).

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