Re: [Dazuko-help] Upgrading kernel & dazuko

[John Ogness]

Peter & Sjoukje wrote:
> I am currently running a custom build kernel 2.6.15 and Dazuko 2.2.0.
> I am planning to upgrade to a kernel 2.6.17 and Dazuko 2.2.2. I thought
> first to upgrade the kernel and then upgrade Dazuko. However, Dazuko has
> to be compiled against the sources of the running kernel (so I read).

Using the --kernelsrcdir= option in the configure script, you should be able
to specify the path to a different kernel (other than the one running).


> Now, I don't know a lot about modules, but what happens when I reboot to
> 2.6.17; the 'old' Dazuko-module  will still try to load, won't it?

No. A module from a different kernel version cannot be loaded. modprobe will
simply give an error about "kernel version mismatch".

John Ogness

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