On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 12:08:30PM -0500, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Linux www.voyageri.net 2.4.17-grsec-1.9.3a #4 Tue Jan 22 14:37:55 EST > 2002 i686 unknown > > I've been running that kernel for about 4 months with no problems > whatsoever. What's not to trust about it?
Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everybody else. There have been documented issues with the newest kernel in certain situations. Red Hat wants to ensure that the kernel(s) they ship work for everybody that has a supported hardware platform. If you want them to restrict which hardware they support, then they could use the new VM, but then people would bitch at them about limiting the environments they support. It's the distributor's right and responsibility to balance what they can support with the "bleeding edge". Although you can claim that you've used a newer kernel for 4 months with no issues, I can also claim that I've been using Red Hat's kernel for at least that long with no issues. If it ain't broke, why fix it? It's also because of this question that I'm running my work production systems on RH 6.2 with a 2.2 kernel (and up to date patches from Red Hat of course). I totally agree with Red Hat's policies on this issue. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
