Slackware Linux Kernel updates

Am I missing something? I just installed 10.2 and 10 on some machines and there seem to be NO Kernel updates for either.....

What software updating tool are you using? Slapt-get?

You can compile a new kernel from http://www.kernel.org/. The last stable version is 2.6.15.4.

Good luck! :)

What fool uses distro-specific kernel updates!? COMPILE YOUR OWN! :D

chsh: Yeah, but it's kind of nice to let someone else do it for you sometimes, and Pat's kernels are vanilla anyway...but I guess there's still no _good_ excuse ;)

gore: Updates have been sparse for 10.2, but there has been at least one kernel update that I can see. Are you sure whatever tool you're using (if you are using an automatic tool) doesn't have the kernel packages excluded?

Hahahahahah. Ok man, I'll do that. Mgith take some time though, that box is my Mom's old one, and is only 192 MBs RAM, and a Celeron 433 MHz ;)

I think one thing you're forgetting about Slackware is that Pat is very reserved when it comes to opting into something that's not quite "complete" yet... You can see this by how often updates are made to the actual distrobution (around 6 to 9 months). Hopefully 11.0 will be full on the 2.6.x kernel (which one, eh...definitly will be behind what linus says is stable) only for comfort reasons for Pat though. Read some of the stuff on the forums about it.
Also, you always have the option of loading a 2.6.x kernel (depending on 10.0 or 10.1 or 10.2) from the testing tree from the second disk (if you're not buring dvd's) in /testing

I've talked with Pat many times and there is good reason he doesn't load everything with whistles. As for the tool, well, I use wget and upgradepkg usually, and on some boxes, swaret. I'm testing slackpkg which is on the Cds if you buy it (I buy) which is very cool. However the reason for asking was I could find the actual date 10 was released and looking over the updates, the latest Kernel update I could find was for 9.1.... So I removed Kernel from the list fo skips. No Kernel updates yet either.

Eh, you may be right. I just glanced at the changelog for stable, and there have been no kernel upgrades since 10.2 came out. It looks like there were one or two for 10.0 and 10.1, though; but those might only be available in 10.2.

Any reason you don't point slackpkg to a 10.2 mirror and update?

If it's not broke don't fix it.

When I was using linux 24/7 (sadly, no longer the case until I can get another monitor and a new HDD for my desktop2 machine), I updated the kernel every time there was an update. It's not like it's impossible to do on a slack box. It's not that hard to keep the system up to date because there isn't any kernel hacks that he puts into it, nor is there any back/front porting going on. It's really a basic linux distribution, which is why I like it. :)

At any rate, a kernel compile is only a make menuconfig && make modules && make modules_install && make bzImage && cp arch/i386/boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.wtfever && cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.wtfever, and some bootloader modifications away (at least, if memory serves).

gore: If it ain't broke, then why are you trying to "fix" the kernel? ;)

Seriously though, you could probably just grab a kernel from 10.2 or -current and be fine, since Pat's are so vanilla. You need four packages, as you probably know, and upgrading alsa would probably be a good idea, too.

If you want to roll your own 2.6 kernel, then you actually only need to run make menuconfig, make, and then make modules_install; make bzImage and make modules are only needed for 2.4. Then copy your System map and kernel image.

Something small, but maybe helpful.

Not trying to fix anything. I just wanted to know if there had been a Kernel update for 10. So far, nothing, been searching FTP stuff all over.

Oh and my order comes today!

Slackware 10.2 CD set, NEW edition of Slackware essentials book, Slackware Mouse Pad, two pins two case plates.... I think that was it.

Tommorrow my other two orders are supposed to be here. "20 Years of Berkeley Unix" on DVD, and like 12 Free BSD book, a Free BSD Mouse Pad, 2 Free BSD pins and two Free BSD case plates, and Free BSD 6 on CD :)