An alternate kernel for Slackware 14.2?
by philanc from LinuxQuestions.org on (#54P0D)
Obviously many Slackware users like the stability of the stable release. At the same time, several users face issues with recent hardware not supported by the stable kernel.
I wonder if a solution could be to provide an alternate, more recent kernel in testing/ or extra/ for the stable release.
I remember such alternate kernels provided in the stable release in the past - for example with Slackware 11, we had a default 2.4 kernel and a 2.6 kernel in extra/
Would technical issues prevent this for modern kernels? I don't know much about the low level graphical stuff. There may be strong dependencies between the kernel (GPU drivers) and the userspace (eg. the xorg drivers, OpenGL libs, ...). And so alternate kernels might not be feasible?
Maybe it is too late for this, because Slackware 15 is just around the corner.
I currently run Slackware 14.2 on my main laptop. The regular 14.2 kernel couldn't boot this recent laptop (black screen). I am happily using a kernel I picked up from current half a year ago.
I don't know if I was just lucky or if I could recommend this to fellow slackers around me.
What do you think?
I wonder if a solution could be to provide an alternate, more recent kernel in testing/ or extra/ for the stable release.
I remember such alternate kernels provided in the stable release in the past - for example with Slackware 11, we had a default 2.4 kernel and a 2.6 kernel in extra/
Would technical issues prevent this for modern kernels? I don't know much about the low level graphical stuff. There may be strong dependencies between the kernel (GPU drivers) and the userspace (eg. the xorg drivers, OpenGL libs, ...). And so alternate kernels might not be feasible?
Maybe it is too late for this, because Slackware 15 is just around the corner.
I currently run Slackware 14.2 on my main laptop. The regular 14.2 kernel couldn't boot this recent laptop (black screen). I am happily using a kernel I picked up from current half a year ago.
I don't know if I was just lucky or if I could recommend this to fellow slackers around me.
What do you think?