[elrepo] Kernel-lt and the Future

[Akemi Yagi]

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Manuel Wolfshant
<wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro> wrote:
> On 08/06/2013 02:22 AM, Phil Perry wrote:

>> This seems like a better choice for el6 to me as it provides a good
>> balance between its supported lifetime and the relative age of the kernel.
>> For example, in some ways 3.2 is already outdated as, for example, RH
>> backported the wireless stack from kernel-3.5 into RHEL6_4, so here a 3.2
>> release would be a step backwards. Assuming 3.10 doesn't introduce other
>> issues.
>>
> I need to test but  I am very much afraid that stock iptables will choke
> with 3.10 even on RHEL 6. And I do not even dare to think about RHEL 5

This is indeed a good point. Assuming the same version of kernel-lt is
provided for both EL5 and EL6, 3.2 will become the best candidate as
far as the compatibility goes.  Otherwise, newer kernels might be "too
far".

Akemi