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

[Aaron Griffin]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Dan McGee<dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I asked them and the general response was that they wouldn't be
updating to a compatible kernel for a little while, and that it would
be listed on:
http://www.slicehost.com/blog/