[elrepo] 3.10 Kernel build for Linux el6

[Robert Nichols]

On 10/13/2015 04:34 PM, Duke Pham via elrepo wrote:
> On some linux websites, I see the support for mismatched version
> combinations between EL kernel and EL Linux version. For example: el7
> Kernel 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 runs on el6 RHEL6u7
>
> Does anyone know how this can be done? Does it mean that I have to get
> the source code of el7 Kernel 3.10.0-123.el7 and build on the machine
> with el6 Linux Version? Is there any prebuilt package somewhere? The
> reason is that elrepo el6 kernel 3.10 doesn't have the latest device
> drivers, thus I have to get the distro kernel from Centos. However,
> since Centos 6 linux version doesn't support 3.10 kernel, then I have to
> look into el7 Kernel 3.10. So basically, I look into install the el7
> Kernel 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 on el6 REHL6u7.

Have you looked at the 3.18 kernel in the Xen4CentOS repo?
   https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/Xen4QuickStart

The current version there is 3.18.17-13.el6.x86_64, built for
CentOS 6, and is straightforward to install.

Downside is that the 3.18 LTS kernel branch has a projected
EOL of Jan, 2017.
   https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

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