Where is the 2.6.32 kernel?

bmentink · 2009-12-27 02:41:32

Hi,

I have done a latest upgrade "pacman -Syu" and I see that some 2.6.32 headers got installed, but no kernel.

Is their something borked with my system, uname -r shows "2.6.31-ARCH"

I would really like to run 2.6.32 as KMS is only supported for my graphics card in that version ..

Thanks

Allan · 2009-12-27 02:51:24

It is only going to be available to our commercial customers.

moljac024 · 2009-12-27 02:54:18

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(Trial period is 14 days)

Last edited by moljac024 (2009-12-27 02:54:37)

mikesd · 2009-12-27 02:58:43

bmentink wrote:

Is their something borked with my system, uname -r shows "2.6.31-ARCH"

No your system is not borked. kernel-headers are tied to glibc, not to the kernel itself. This has been mentioned in the forums once or twice in the past.

$ pacman -Qi kernel-headers | grep Description
Description    : Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace

mikesd · 2009-12-27 03:00:21

moljac024 wrote:

Get your free Arch Linux Pro evaluation key here:
http://www.archlinux.org/gopro/evaluate
(Trial period is 14 days)

Any news on Arch Linux Business, Arch Linux Home or Arch Linux Ultimate? I think I would like Arch Linux Ultimate.

bmentink · 2009-12-27 03:19:35

Allan wrote:

It is only going to be available to our commercial customers.

Hi,

Not sure what you mean here .... not available forever, or just at the moment?

rowdog · 2009-12-27 03:34:54

Humor, Allan wasn't serious. mikesd was serious.

bmentink · 2009-12-27 03:42:28

rowdog wrote:

Humor, Allan wasn't serious. mikesd was serious.

Ok, but my question is still un-answered. I ask because I see talk in the forums of folk using 2.6.32 ...

hidefromkgb · 2009-12-27 03:54:21

Allan wrote:

It is only going to be available to our commercial customers.

OMFG!!!..
Jokes like this can lead to a heart attack %)

Back on topic:
bmentink, what do you expect from the new kernel for 2.6.31 to be unsatisfactory?

Last edited by hidefromkgb (2009-12-27 03:57:42)

skottish · 2009-12-27 03:59:46

It's in the testing repository which was only a short search away:

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … q=kernel26

bmentink · 2009-12-27 04:04:42

Back on topic:
bmentink, what do you expect from the new kernel for 2.6.31 to be unsatisfactory?

From the ATI wiki page:

Note: For now, only Radeons up to R5xx (X1xxx) support KMS. Support for later Radeon cards will be added in Linux kernel 2.6.32.

ozar · 2009-12-27 04:07:24

bmentink wrote:

Hi,
I have done a latest upgrade "pacman -Syu" and I see that some 2.6.32 headers got installed, but no kernel.
Is their something borked with my system, uname -r shows "2.6.31-ARCH"
I would really like to run 2.6.32 as KMS is only supported for my graphics card in that version ..
Thanks

You can always go to the front page and enter kernel26 in the "package search" box at the upper-right corner of the page to see what repos hold each of the various versions of kernel26.

Allan · 2009-12-27 04:08:51

bmentink wrote:

Back on topic:
bmentink, what do you expect from the new kernel for 2.6.31 to be unsatisfactory?
From the ATI wiki page:
Note: For now, only Radeons up to R5xx (X1xxx) support KMS. Support for later Radeon cards will be added in Linux kernel 2.6.32.

I would not get too excited... KMS and ATi is still not a lot of fun and is disabled by default.

bmentink · 2009-12-27 04:22:33

Allan wrote:

bmentink wrote:
Back on topic:
bmentink, what do you expect from the new kernel for 2.6.31 to be unsatisfactory?
From the ATI wiki page:
Note: For now, only Radeons up to R5xx (X1xxx) support KMS. Support for later Radeon cards will be added in Linux kernel 2.6.32.
I would not get too excited... KMS and ATi is still not a lot of fun and is disabled by default.

Then the wiki is wrong?

Since version 2.6.31, KMS is available and is enabled by default in the default Arch kernel.

zodmaner · 2009-12-27 04:26:14

bmentink wrote:

Then the wiki is wrong?
Since version 2.6.31, KMS is available and is enabled by default in the default Arch kernel.

Not wrong, just outdated. The decision to disable radeon's KMS in the 2.6.32.x kernel have just been made a few days ago.

Last edited by zodmaner (2009-12-27 04:28:40)

compgenius999 · 2009-12-27 04:31:51

You can get the latest kernel from kernel.org and configure it yourself or automatically with localmodconfig

.:B:. · 2009-12-27 14:13:47

The reasons are already discussed here:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87457

Please search the forums before opening a topic . We don't need two (or more) topics on the same subject, so this one is getting locked.

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