kernel update checking...

[nitram]

Working on wiki, are kernels ever updated or just stay stable during a release cycle? Would a kernel update be announced in the forum? Checking download page datestamps (last time modified) may not be useful? For example, these links indicate the dCore-wily stable release kernel may have been updated more recently (25-May-2016 03:00) than the RC (23-Apr-2016 19:34) - probably not  accurate (just file touched)?
http://tinycorelinux.net/dCore/x86/release/dCore-wily/
http://tinycorelinux.net/dCore/x86/release_candidates/dCore-wily/

* Are kernels updated during a release cycle?
* Is there a definitive way to check?

Thanks.

[LichenSymbiont]

This make me wish for a development blog by Jason, where we can all track what's going on in a more linear manner.

But I'd guess the kernel would be kept stable for the whole release-cycle for dCore, to not add the extra complexity of testing extra patches, or even official Debian/Ubuntu release-candidate kernels.

[Jason W]

LichenSymbiont - thanks but I honestly don't have time to blog. 

The kernel for  a particular dCore stays the same and is not updated in version.  Early on I updated the kernel for dCore-wheezy and that prevented Virtualbox modules from being able to be built as a newer kernel and older apps  or vice versa don't always build or play well together.   With the kernel staying the same for the life of a dCore port, that allows the time and testing to be put in areas with greater return on effort. 

Right now, all the dCore ports have the 3.16.6 kernel, while dCore-xenial was given 4.2.9 which was the current version for Core.  So basically a new dCore port gets the kernel version of the current Core at the time of it's creation.  I rebuild it with the config needed for systemd, and also the modules.  Kernel modules are built on Core with the same kernel source that the rebuild used.  The config, patched source, and a readme is uploaded to:

http://tinycorelinux.net/dCore/x86/import/src/

[nitram]

Thanks, very helpful, this wiki section updated, please notify if any errors: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:upgrading_kernel_and_initrd. The /src site is presently down will check it out later.

[Jason W]

Looks great, thanks!