2.6.26 kernel in hardy?

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> The no-brain part is that what you call the latest working kernel (i.e.
> a kernel that support the feature you want), most likely will not work
> with Hardy.

Kernels are pretty much independent of distribution releases, and his
desired kernel almost certainly _will_ work with hardy (albeit, since it
had wifi problems, perhaps not with certain wifi devices).

I have routinely installed later kernels for older Ubuntu releases.  In
fact, I'm currently running a 2.6.27-virtual image on a Hardy VM.  It's a
not-at-all-uncommon problem to have certain hardware unsupported on certain
configurations.  I continually ran Intrepid kernels on my last Hardy system
(and iirc Hardy kernels when it was still on Gutsy) because of an
intermittent Intel wired NIC problem (yes, I did contribute to bug reports
about it) that caused it to fail to resume from hibernation.  afaik, the
problem never has been "fixed" (or even properly identified) but some
kernels had problem the problem more often than others.

> They are available "for Intrepid", they just most likely won't work. How
> long do you expect them to forward-port outdated kernels, exactly?  Do
> you not realize this wastes time that could be used to fix the actual bug?

That situation (an older kernel with a newer Ubuntu release) is more likely
to be problematic, but still rare.
-- 
derek