Linux 2.6.0-test5, How To Incrementally Upgrade

An anonymous reader writes "Linux creator Linus Torvalds recently announced the 2.6.0-test5 Linux kernel, bringing the release of a stable 2.6 one step closer. KernelTrap quickly followed by posting a guide that walks bleeding-edge Linux fans through the process of upgrading from 2.6.0-test4 to 2.6.0-test5, using a tiny 706 KB patch."

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Obsolete make steps

[Phaid]

Make bzImage && make modules is no longer the recommended way to do this. You should just do "make" instead, which will build bzImage and any modules you may have asked for, and do it quicker than if you specify the steps separately. See the Halloween 2.5 document for details.

Re:Someone tell me what's new in this procedure?

[MerlynEmrys67]

Yes it appears remarkably similar to upgrading every other kernel...

That said - posting documents like this help bring in new talent (ie. people who are too scared to start off on their own) which is a key component of keeping Linux viable into 2020 (one of these days Linus will want to retire - we need to have kernel hackers that start in 2005 who are ready to replace him). I remember my first "from source" kernel upgrade from the 2.2 series. I had always just grabbed the latest distro and installed. Imagine my surpirse when I could just get the source myself, build it, install it correctly and the system just ran. It is very powerful, and helping people achieve this power is key for Linux