[arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

[Dan McGee]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Pierre Chapuis<catwell at archlinux.us> wrote:
> Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:29:02 -0500,
> Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote on [arch-dev-public] :
>
>> Got a response from Slice:
>> The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please
>> let us know and we can take care of that for you.
>> 2.6.24 - 23.48
>> 2.6.24 - 24.55
>>
>> I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now
>> what they actually include as it might include a fully working
>> signalfd().
>>
>> If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are
>> already using their services) and post the response here, that would
>> be cool.
>
> Did someone with a Slice perform the update yet? It looks like I'm stuck with 2.6.18-xen when I -Syu. Do all SliceHost users have to email them to upgrade the kernel, and do these kernel versions really work? I wouldn't like to break my Slice too much...

The kernel is not an Arch package at all, it is managed externally by Slice.

If you send them a support request requesting a new kernel, they are
happy to oblige, remembering that they will need to reboot your slice
for it to be rolled out.

-Dan