Re: new boot mechanisms with old kernel?

To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
Subject: Re: new boot mechanisms with old kernel?
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:03:01 +0200

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 05:10:09PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> I want to upgrade the boot mechanisms -- I think just /boot -- my amd64
> laptop so I can pass new options like -1 when testing new kernels.
> However, I'm not likely to run those kernels in production; will the
> new /boot work with my old (mid-April) amd64 kernel?

Yes, it should.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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