Richard Adams wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:47:21 +1000, bards wrote:
>
>
>>I noticed that the slackware site mentioned that 9.1 is "2.6 Ready",
>>does this mean that all I have to do is download a 2.6 kernel (test7 is
>>the newest to date) and compile it ?
>
>
> Thats it.
>
>
>>Did I have to have chosen a specific GCC (3.2.3 ?) to be able to use a
>>2.6 kernel ?
>
>
> No.
>
> File to read for details on checking your system is;
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.0testx/Documentaion/Changes
>
> Most things in slack-9.1 have higher version numbers than is "needed".
> So like it was stated, slack-9.1 is 2.6 ready.
>
>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>>Bards.
>
>

Yes, thats all that it needed. Thanks for your help Richard.

I'll read the doco later, but I noticed that none of my modules loaded
automatically, I checked the rc scripts and it should run a depmod -a.

2.6 seems very responsive and I like the fact the I/O wait figure in
'top' is being used at last.


Cheers,


Bards.