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linux.conf.au 2007

Posted Jan 25, 2007 13:11 UTC (Thu) by maks (subscriber, #32426)
Parent article: linux.conf.au 2007

> The ongoing maintenance of 2.6.16 was described as "mostly irrelevant" and
> "a nice try."

I wouldn't tell so. It is a straightforward backport source for distribution kernel. Most 2.6.16 patches easily apply to 2.6.18 too. Also there seem no last 2.6.18 stable coming forward (2.6.20 around the corner of course).
So the 2.6.16 support is worthwile, i'd like to see it linked from kernel.org instead of the _really_ outdated not maintained 2.2 tree.

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linux.conf.au 2007

Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:56 UTC (Thu) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]

Are there some distribution which use the 2.6.16 "stable branch" kernel?

AFAIK, no..

linux.conf.au 2007

Posted Feb 1, 2007 13:21 UTC (Thu) by maks (subscriber, #32426) [Link]

> Are there some distribution which use the 2.6.16 "stable branch" kernel?

Debian adds all relevant 2.6.16.X patches to it's 2.6.18 Etch branch, as 2.6.18.X stopped beeing released and as there are important fixes in there.