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| From | Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? |
| Date | 2026-06-08 05:21 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1105jgu$307gl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <87v7btlixd.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> |
On Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:06:54 -0300, Mike Spencer wrote: > Slackware Linux CD-ROM Installation HOWTO, v15.0, 2022-02-02 says: > > These are the kernels shipped in Slackware: > hugesmp.s gensmp.s huge.s generic.s speakup.s > > but on the DVD, the /kernels/ directory has only > > huge.s The speakup.s is no more, it is no longer included in 32-bit or 64-bit Slackware. All the 64 bit kernels are smp capable as basically all modern CPUs these days have multiple cores. Even though not as a choice during the installation process, slackware64 also contains packages with a generic kernel intended to be booted together with an initrd. I prefer to boot my systems without any initrd, using the huge kernel myself. Once you have installed Slackware 15.0 you probably want to apply the security updates from the /patches directory and those updates includes a newer kernel. Whenever a kernel package is upgraded in Slackware 15.0, some manual work is needed to update your bootloader and the complexity of that work decreases with a huge kernel, one thing less that can go wrong if you don't need an initrd to boot. regards Henrik
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How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-08 02:06 -0300
Re: How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-06-08 05:21 +0000
Re: How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-08 02:59 -0300
Re: How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-06-08 10:31 +0200
Re: How many kernels in 64 bit Slack 15 release? Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-06-11 19:10 +0000
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