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Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles

From	JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject	Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles
Date	2015-08-23 08:56 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<mrc1sg$4gg$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)

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(a) On one pc, I want to upgrade 14.1x32 to kernel 4.1.6, so I can
    use a logitech wireless kbd/mouse without needing ltunify --
    now I have to boot with wired kbd, ltunify unpair/pair both
    wireless devices, and then put the wired kbd away.
(b) I also want to upgrade 14.1x64 running on another pc,
    an asus vivo pc, e.g.,
       http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1131163-REG/
       asus_vivopc_vm62n_g050r_mini_desktop.html
    because its wifi chipset isn't supported by stock 3.10.17 kernel.

But I don't want to bother with recompiles. Looking at
   http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/
it seems to me that maybe I only need
   kernel-huge-smp-4.1.6_smp-i686-1.txz
   kernel-modules-smp-4.1.6_smp-i686-1.txz
Is that right, or do I need to install additional packages like
   /k/kernel-source-4.1.6_smp-noarch-1.txz

The doinst.sh for /a/kernel-huge-smp-4.1.6_smp-i686-1.txz
seems trivial -- just change the existing symlinks in /boot/
from 3.10.17 to 4.1.6. But it's the modules doinst.sh that seems
to suggest I may need those sources. The 4.1.6 /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
diffs exactly with the 3.10.17 version, so no change needed there.
But those symlinks
  ln -s /usr/src/linux-4.1.6 source
  ln -s /usr/src/linux-4.1.6 build
suggest maybe the sources are actually needed. Is that right?
Or, more comprehensively, what's everything I need to do to run
the current/4.1.6 kernel without recompile? Basically, I just want
to install the needed packages, change a couple of symlinks,
maybe do some simple editing, rerun lilo, and reboot. But the
kernel upgrade instructions I'm googling all involve recompiles.
Thanks,
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )

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Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2015-08-23 08:56 +0000
  Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 22:28 +0000
    Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2015-08-24 04:40 +0000
      Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 05:38 +0000
        Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2015-08-24 06:36 +0000
          Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 11:07 +0000
            Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2015-08-24 12:20 +0000
  Re: Kernel upgrade to 4.1.6 w/o recompiles JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2015-08-24 10:43 +0000

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