Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ?

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From	unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>
Subject	Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ?
References	<in9tpo$cns$1@dont-email.me>
Message-ID	<slrniph4l9.5ba.unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> (permalink)
Date	2011-04-03 15:30 +0000

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On 2011-04-03, no.top.post@gmail.com <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't the kernel 'upward compatible', so that you
> can always just replace the kernel with a newer version,
> and expect all previous systems to keep running?
>
> And initrd loads the file-system/s and device-drivers &
> shell/s ..; so that ...

Not shells. The file system drivers and device drivers are kernel
modules. 

>
> OK, perhaps the initrd & vmlinuz must be 'created together'
> since the driver routines don't have standard locations ..
> and initrd must be 'linked' to vmlinuz ?

Yes. It loads modules from the current version of the kernel. Modules
from different versions are not compatible. 

>
> So how do I keep my old developed & proven apps.
> and run them, under a new kernel, which can handle
> newer hardware drivers?

Just run them. What kind of apps are you talking about? What does this
question have to do with initrd?

>
>== TIA.
>

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why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-03 13:47 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2011-04-03 15:06 +0000
    Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Helmut@Hullen.de (Helmut Hullen) - 2011-04-03 17:15 +0200
      Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-04-03 12:24 -0500
        Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Helmut@Hullen.de (Helmut Hullen) - 2011-04-03 19:37 +0200
          Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-04-29 12:40 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-03 15:30 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-04-03 20:01 +0000

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