[elrepo] Kernel-lt and the Future

[Phil Perry]

On 08/08/13 23:44, Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> On 08/08/13 20:57, Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 08/08/13 20:36, Alan Bartlett wrote:
>>> On 8 August 2013 16:45, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For Enterprise Linux 5, I shall base its kernel-lt package set on the
>>>> linux-3.2 branch. I have rather abruptly 'bumped' the configuration
>>>> files and have the first release candidate package set available for
>>>> testing.
>>>
>>> The configuration files have now been refined and 'polished'. As a
>>> consequence, the second release candidate has now been made available.
>>>
>>> The files may be downloaded from:
>>>
>>> http://elrepo.org/people/ajb/devel/kernel-lt/el5/
>>>
>>> Alan.
>>
>> I was able to boot the following kernel:
>>
>> kernel-lt-3.2.50-0.rc2.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> into runlevel 3 (couldn't boot rl5 as no nvidia drivers on a non-kABI
>> kernel).
>>
>> I needed to apply the hardware clock (RTC) hack detailed in the known
>> issues here:
>>
>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt
>>
>> Other than that, it boots and I can log in and it shuts down. No
>> further testing was performed.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> PS - Hardware was Intel quad core CPU, 2 x SATA HDs in Linux RAID1
>
> Does the lsusb command still function on a 3.2 kernel? At some point the
> interface to usb devices in /proc changes and lsusb from el5 does
> nothing. Copying lsusb.py from an el6 system to el5 does work and nearly
> does the same things. Nearly.
>

Yes, lsusb (and lspci) operate as expected for me, tested on a 32-bit 
install.

Full report to follow.