[elrepo] The kernel-lt Package Set and RHEL6 - Going Forwards.

[Leon Fauster]

Am 26.11.2017 um 17:09 schrieb Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org>:
> 
> On 26 November 2017 at 15:01, Leon Fauster via elrepo <elrepo at lists.elrepo.org> wrote:
>> Am 26.11.2017 um 01:22 schrieb Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org>:
>>> 
>>> Anyone making long-term use of our kernel-lt (or, indeed, kernel-ml)
>>> package set should also give consideration to updating the base
>>> distribution acpid (version 1) package with version 2 that is
>>> available from the elrepo-extras repository. [5]
>> 
>> Just to clarify, that package is backward compatible to the distro kernel?
>> 
> 
> From the testing we have performed it appears that the acpid-2 is
> usable with the EL6 distribution kernel-2.6.32-X.Y.Z.el6.x86_64
> 
> However, that said, the updated acpid-2 package [5] should not be
> deployed by those who are not regularly using either of the kernel-lt
> or kernel-ml package sets. Just because the version number is greater
> than that of the distribution acpid-1 package does not make our
> package "better" for use with the distribution kernel.
> 
> For completeness, I shall mention that at a personal level both my
> RHEL-6 and RHEL-7 systems are used without any installed acpid
> package. 


Hi Alan, 

I'm using the {ml,lt} kernels for a laptop. Where some 
ACPI features are desired. So, thanks for the explanation!

--
Leon