Subject: Re: How to identify kernel
To: port-hpcsh list <port-hpcsh@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Wileman <jwileman@panix.com>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 08/26/2005 16:21:33
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 00:50:13 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
>
>> My current kernel tells me it is 3.99.3. I downloaded today's
>> snapshot, and it identifies itself as 3.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0. Can
>> someone tell me what this means. I thought all betas were identified
>> as .99 and the final decimal indicates changes. But the snapshot with
>> #0 seems to indicate this is the first one. I'd like to be able to
>> keep track.
>
> No, .99 kernels are -current. See:
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/release-map.html
>
> SY, Uwe
I read that, and I don't understand why the current snapshot gives me
a kernel with 3.0_BETA. Why is there a 3.0_x at all if 2.99 is
current? What does 3.0_BETA represent?
Anyway, question for the developers, which one should I install to get
the latest and greatest that works and has the most recent hardware
support, even if it is not stable? I can't seem to find anything that
would get me a 3.99.x anymore. In fact, I got this from Nikos after my
previous attempt came up with a kernel which wouldn't detect wd0.
Anyway, if someone can just give me the URL on the NetBSD server where
I should go to get the kernel and sets.
Thanks,
Mike