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crazylane
 Post subject: Kernel Confusion
PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:28 am 
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Should I ignore kernel updates, since Xen is providing the kernel?


From Yum

An update to kernel from 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 to 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 is available.

An update to kernel-headers from 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 to 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 is available.


I don't think I have a good understanding of Xen and kernel.

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kbrantley
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:36 am 
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By default, linode provides the kernel.
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crazylane
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So should I setup yum to skip or let the update run because it's not really going effect anything?
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Xan
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Assuming you're not doing pv-ops, which you're not by default, then it doesn't really matter what you do with the kernel on your node. It'll be ignored.
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crazylane
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Xan wrote:
Assuming you're not doing pv-ops, which you're not by default, then it doesn't really matter what you do with the kernel on your node. It'll be ignored.



Thanks!! That's what I wanted to know.
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mnordhoff
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Xan wrote:
Assuming you're not doing pv-ops, which you're not by default, then it doesn't really matter what you do with the kernel on your node. It'll be ignored.


Not entirely correct -- it doesn't matter if you're using one of Linode's pv-ops kernels, either. It only matters when you set up pv-grub.

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