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From: "U.Mutlu" <for-gmane@mutluit.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Which newer kernel is OK with ext4?
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:59:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mkpljk$al6$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150604020852.GB5759@thunk.org>

Theodore Ts'o wrote on 06/04/2015 04:08 AM:
> If you are more adventurous, you could try using one of the long-term
> supported kernel (i.e., such as 3.18).  See:
>
> 	https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>
> But remember, now you have to properly configure the kernel, and you
> are responsible for checking for new releases of the a long-term
> supported kernel.  If you stick with a specific kernel version and
> don't upgrade it, then you might be prone to security bugs that would
> have been fixed by a newer kernel.

Thanks for the info,
I have many times compiled a kernel and used it successfully,
but when I dist-upgraded from Debian 7 to Debian 8 it installed
it's own stock kernel maintained by Debian. No problem to switch
to a newer kernel from kernel.org, but for me it was unclear
if and how the ongoing ext4-developments will have an impact on
existing ext4-partitions. Now I think everything is clear, I'll
take a newer kernel from kernel.org.

-- 
cu
Uenal



  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-04 13:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-03 19:50 Which newer kernel is OK with ext4? U.Mutlu
2015-06-04  2:08 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-06-04 13:59   ` U.Mutlu [this message]
2015-06-05 14:30     ` Theodore Ts'o

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