Currently using one of the leading Embedded Distribution on MIPS corebased processor, this Linux is 2.4.20 Kernel, some customers alsodoing trails with this platform, but some new customers are interestedwith 2.6 kernel version, can we download 2.6 kernel version from and make necessary changes whatever did for 2.4 and replaceold kernel file "" with new image, will it be Ok?, notsure how IP address conversion and all migrate, current 2.4 load, weare using dnsmasq package as DHCP/DNS server, which assignes 4 byteIP address on LAN side, any changes do we need to do for this, new to2.6 kernel, don't know much, can some experts suggest any precautions,thanks in advance.

A lot of network and filesystem related programs might need to be upgraded or reconfigured too. wrote:-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Damion de Soto -------------------------------------------------- | Software Engineer email: | Secure Computing Corporation web: | fax: +61 7 3891 3630 ph: +61 7 3435 2809~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- Free Embedded Linux Distro at ----

need to migrate from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6 kernel, direct replacement of kernel image is Ok?

Apr 22, 2007 3 Replies

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tvnaidu 19 years ago

Currently using one of the leading Embedded Distribution on MIPS core based processor, this Linux is 2.4.20 Kernel, some customers also doing trails with this platform, but some new customers are interested with 2.6 kernel version, can we download 2.6 kernel version from kernel.org and make necessary changes whatever did for 2.4 and replace old kernel file "vmliux.gz.img" with new image, will it be Ok?, not sure how IP address conversion and all migrate, current 2.4 load, we are using dnsmasq package as DHCP/DNS server, which assignes 4 byte IP address on LAN side, any changes do we need to do for this, new to

2.6 kernel, don't know much, can some experts suggest any precautions, thanks in advance.

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Michael Schnell 19 years ago

Of course, at least all loadable modules need to be replaced, too.

-Michael

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Damion de Soto 19 years ago

A lot of network and filesystem related programs might need to be upgraded or reconfigured too.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Damion de Soto -------------------------------------------------- | Software Engineer email: Damion_deSoto@au.securecomputing.com | Secure Computing Corporation web: http://www.securecomputing.com | fax: +61 7 3891 3630 ph: +61 7 3435 2809 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- Free Embedded Linux Distro at http://www.snapgear.org ----

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Rajat 19 years ago

You may also want to upgrade the modutils package (insmod etc) in case you want to play around with modules. Also updation of system libraries is recommended.

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