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[Atjeu-Damir]

Hello,

On one of my servers i upgraded Kernel to latest.

2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus (What plus means?)

I never seen this before.

Thanks,
s-f-r-j

[Servax]

You're probably running a kernel off the CentOS plus repository:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/centosplus/i386/RPMS/

[Atjeu-Damir]

Thanks for reply Servax.

Is this good kernel? what is difference between this one and kernel without plus?

Thanks,
s-f-r-j

[Servax]

I don't see any issue with having that kernel..

Here is what CentOS says about the repository for CentOS Plus:

http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalRes...ies/CentOSPlus

The kernel version you're running was released by RHEL on 09/29 which was marked as "moderate" and fixes some security holes + bugs with the kernel:

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1455.html

The latest version given by CentOS (normal repositories) is kernel-2.6.18-128.1.1.

[Steven]

That kernel will be fine for you. No issues

Plus includes some additional features. Nothing to be worried about.

[Atjeu-Damir]

Originally Posted by Servax

I don't see any issue with having that kernel..

Here is what CentOS says about the repository for CentOS Plus:

http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalRes...ies/CentOSPlus

The kernel version you're running was released by RHEL on 09/29 which was marked as "moderate" and fixes some security holes + bugs with the kernel:

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1455.html

The latest version given by CentOS (normal repositories) is kernel-2.6.18-128.1.1.

Originally Posted by Steven

That kernel will be fine for you. No issues

Plus includes some additional features. Nothing to be worried about.

Thank you very much, both of you !!!

s-f-r-j

[uptime365]

It is okay to stay with 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus as the recent security flaw "NULL pointer dereference " is fixed on this kernel, but it is always good to compile and boot to the latest available kernel
current stable one is 2.6.31.3

[Atjeu-Damir]

That version is what yum update gave me.

Should i stay with this, or ask for help how to upgrade to latest kernel version?

What is good website to read about kernel version\fixes\bugs etc?

Thank you,
s-f-r-j

[TheServerExperts]

You should be fine, no worries

[Atjeu-Damir]

Originally Posted by TheServerExperts

You should be fine, no worries

Hello,

That means that everytime what yum update gives me is good enough?

Thanks,
s-f-r-j

[Steven]

Originally Posted by s-f-r-j

Hello,

That means that everytime what yum update gives me is good enough?

Thanks,
s-f-r-j

In simple terms... yes.

[Atjeu-Damir]

Thank you Steven! and everybody else.

s-f-r-j