When are we going to see some newer kernels ?

[Phil Meyer]

On 04/15/2011 10:24 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> $ uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Feb 7
> 06:57:55 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> Am I missing something or is this the latest F14 kernel available ?
> When are we going to see some newer kernels ?
>
> Thanks
>
> LG
>
>

Fedora releases usually don't update major kernel numbers.  The idea is 
to start a release as near current as reasonable and then patch that up 
as it goes go along.

Sometimes there are kernel issues that are addressed in a major revision 
that cannot be back ported, and it has happened that a Fedora release 
gets new major revisions early on.

Considering the frequency of Fedora releases, you can understand that at 
some point after release the kernel major number becomes 'fixed' in 
order to allow the next release to pick up the latest version.

Fedora 15 is currently at: 2.6.38.2-9.fc15.x86_64

Depending upon several things, it may be possible to see a 2.6.39 
release in F15, but probably no higher than that.

Does this make sense?

Its a whole lot of work to get all of the Fedora/RH patches lined up for 
any given 2.6.XX release.

It is much more manageable to go into maintenance mode after a major 
Fedora release, and limit kernel patches to security and performance 
enhancements.  This also helps clarify what kinds of things should go 
upstream.

I would bet very strongly against a > 2.6.35 kernel for Fedora 14 at 
this point.

Good Luck!