Kernel with Patch

ravisghosh · 2006-12-14 09:55:06

There are many kernel patches available for linux ( http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … _Patchsets ). according to the above link, to install and use a patch, we need to know about abs and compilation which is not a noob's cup of tea. However, on searching in repos, i got kernel26beyond, kernel26ck, kernel26mm, kernel26suspend2, etc. So, does that mean that to install a patched kernel, say kernel26ck, the only thing i need to do is

pacman -S kernel26ck

then

pacman -Rs kernel26

is it that easy???????/

Also could someone list pros and cons of the patched kernels available in repos and pros/cons of using them versus the default kernel26.

phrakture · 2006-12-14 09:57:25

You don't even have to remove the old kernel. You can install all the kernels in the repo side-by-side, just as long as you put the proper entries in your bootloader (i.e. vmlinuz26ck vs vmlinuz26 - make sure to change the mkinitcpio image names too.) - just make sure you add a new entry and not change the current one, so you can chose which kernel to use when you boot

ravisghosh · 2006-12-15 01:54:58

@phrakture, could u please make that mkinitcpio thing a lil clear. and also if you know any link where one can get some feature comparison of different patched kernels versus plain vanila one.

tomk · 2006-12-15 09:33:35

Every kernel package installs a kernel (vmlinuz*) and an initcpio image (kernel*.img). For each installed kernel, create a grub menu entry using the related kernel and initcpio images.

The best way to compare patches IMO is to try them out, but reading about them is good too - try their websites/mailing lists/etc.

ravisghosh · 2006-12-16 09:09:49

I installed the kernel26ck and now my grub looks like this:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda7 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux CK
title  Arch Linux CK
root   (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda7 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26ck.img

kernel26 boots both any issues with these lines, but kernel26ck gives kernel panic. i tried changing (hd0,6) to (sd0,6), but to no avail.

byte · 2006-12-16 09:46:33

You simply missed another "ck", after /boot/vmlinuz26.

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Kernel with Patch

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