CentOS - Jun 2016 - Pulling in broadwell support for cent6u5

Hello, all. Hope all is well
Is it possible to install kernel and support files from 6u7 into a base 6u5
image to achieve full broadwell support in 6u5?
We are "locked", clearly not fully since willing to up jump kernels,
on 6u5.

Thanks for any and all help

On 6/15/2016 2:48 PM, jsl6uy js16uy wrote:
> Hello, all. Hope all is well
> Is it possible to install kernel and support files from 6u7 into a base 6u5
> image to achieve full broadwell support in 6u5?
> We are "locked", clearly not fully since willing to up jump
kernels, on 6u5.

"Locked", meaning you're running a ~3 old OS with no security or
bugfix
updates?    thats not good.

All centos 6 systems are the same base version 2.6.32 kernel, with fixes 
and updates backported.   If you're asking, can you run the 2.6.32-573 
kernel with a 6u5 everything-else, well, everything else was never 
tested with that kernel.



-- 
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

Thanks much for the the reply!
Some sec updates/bug fixes have been applied thru the run of 6u5 and after,
but yes, still firmly in 6u5 land. Guess will have to test.
Broadwell cpus do run in the OS, but "6u5" is stated as not supporting
26XXv4 chipsets.

regards

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 4:56 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>
wrote:
> On 6/15/2016 2:48 PM, jsl6uy js16uy wrote:
>
>> Hello, all. Hope all is well
>> Is it possible to install kernel and support files from 6u7 into a base
>> 6u5
>> image to achieve full broadwell support in 6u5?
>> We are "locked", clearly not fully since willing to up jump
kernels, on
>> 6u5.
>>
>
>
> "Locked", meaning you're running a ~3 old OS with no security
or bugfix
> updates?    thats not good.
>
> All centos 6 systems are the same base version 2.6.32 kernel, with fixes
> and updates backported.   If you're asking, can you run the 2.6.32-573
> kernel with a 6u5 everything-else, well, everything else was never tested
> with that kernel.
>
>
>
> --
> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
>
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