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3636 and may be used with Enterprise Linux distributions like Red Hat and
3737 CentOS. These distributions provide a stable kABI (Kernel Application
3838 Binary Interface) which allows the same binary modules to be used
39- with new versions of the distribution provided kernel.
39+ with new versions of the distribution provided kernel. Note that these
40+ packges do not quite follow Redhat's rules, so there is a slight possibility
41+ that a new kernel could fail with one of these packages. The probability
42+ is low, but we recommend that for production servers, you disable
43+ automatic kernel updates when using one of these builds.
4044
4145By default the build system will generate user packages and both DKMS
4246and kmod style kernel packages if possible. The user packages can be
@@ -145,6 +149,11 @@ be used by multiple kernels if the distribution supports a stable kABI.
145149In order to request kABI-tracking package the *--with-spec=redhat *
146150option must be passed to configure.
147151
152+ Be aware that these packages do not completely follow Redhat's rules, so
153+ there is a slight chance that they will not work with a new kernel.
154+ We recommend disabling automatic kernel updates when using these builds
155+ on a production server.
156+
148157**NOTE: ** This type of package is not available for Fedora.
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