February 25th, 2004
Upgrading to the 2.6 Linux kernel
Converting an existing development system to the 2.6 kernel
The white papers in this series highlight primary issues in migrating your existing drivers, development systems, applications, and custom Linux deployments to the 2.6 Linux kernel. The previous white paper in this series, “Migrating Device Drivers to 2.6”, provided an overview of 2.6-related changes to device drivers, explained the new device driver compilation process, and discussed the implications of some of the new features of the 2.6 kernel to existing device drivers. This installment in the series provides an overview of converting an existing development system to use a 2.6 kernel.