[ATrpms-users] 2115 kmdls please

[fkamp at comcast.net]

Preet Khalsa wrote:
> I updated my system.  IVTV and others had kmdls only for 2139 and
> upgraded my system.  2139 will not even boot on my machine.
> 
> So we are back on 2115 except that most atrpms packages that have kmdls
> have mismatched versions.  A newer IVTV with a kmdl for an older
> version.
> 
> Is it possible to roll 2115 kmdls for FC4?  2.6.17 is a disaster.  Not
> only that, but backing down killed my k8-powernow.
> 
> What a pain.
> 

No pain, no gain, but I have yet to see that I have gained 
anything but pain when considering the numberous and 
frequent kernel changes.

Why cant these changes be organized into major annual or 
bi-annual upgrades instead of monthly birthing excercises. 
Why even Microsoft issues upgrades over a more reasonable 
timeframe.

When considering mythtv, I have never seen much of a 
performance difference between running it on an old kernel 
versus running it on a new kernel.  Oh wait, yes there 
sometimes is a difference; the new kernel sometimes wont 
allow the old mythtv system to work.

Maybe one of these days Linux will grow up into a stable and 
dependable system and people will quit playing with it. 
Until then I keep backups of everything I need for a 
specific kernel version including the old kernel itself. 
Then I make sure I dont inadvertently cause an automatic 
kernel upgrade by doing something stupid with YUM or SMART.

Actually, when you consider that all this software is free 
for the downloading, Linux still seems the best option out 
there even with the occasional pains.  I just hurts less 
when we complain about it.

Regards,
Frank Kamp