Bug 454394

Summary:	2.6 kernel --> 3.x kernel
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Vladimir Romanov (RETIRED) <blueboar>
Component:	Other documents	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Vladimir Romanov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 06:56:02 UTC

From alsa guide: "Note: Since the 2005.0 release, Gentoo Linux uses 2.6 as the default kernel. Please check that your kernel is a 2.6 series kernel. This method will not work on a 2.4 kernel. "

I think, now Gentoo Linux uses 3.0 as default kernel? Not sure about Mips/Alpha/so on, but x86/amd64 do

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Vladimir Romanov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 07:00:23 UTC

Sorry, 3.x as default kernel

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 07:16:30 UTC

Since sys-fs/udev is the default provider of virtual/udev and gets installed by default, then the default kernel is 2.6.39 at minimum
Starting with current stable, udev-197-r3

While this document[1] is a bit outdated, it still already says:

"udev is meant to be used in combination with a 2.6 and 3.x kernel"

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml

So yeah, it could be changed to say "2.6 and 3.x kernel" like in the udev guide

Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-02-23 18:21:30 UTC

I've updated the guide to just drop mentioning 2.6 (except at the beginning, but that's general introduction).