Kernel download structure

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Now, instead of having a single stable and a single development branch, there are several from each category. So, the directory structure of http://download.openvz.org/kernel (and ftp://ftp.openvz.org/kernel) was changed appropriately.

Contents 1 Branches 2 Each branch 3 Stable/devel symlinks 4 Backward-compatible symlinks

[edit] Branches

The following branches are available from http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branches/:

• Stable, maintained branches:
  • rhel5-2.6.18
  • 2.6.18
  • rhel4-2.6.9

• Development, maintained branches (will eventually reach the stable status):
  • 2.6.24

• Obsoleted (no more maintained) branches:
  • 2.6.24
  • 2.6.20
  • sles10-2.6.16
  • fc5
  • 2.6.16
  • 2.6.15
  • 2.6.8 (reached stable)

[edit] Each branch

In each kernel branch directory (e. g. kernel/branches/2.6.18) there is a 'current' symlink, pointing to the latest/newest kernel from this branch. In addition, if this branch is considered stable, there is a 'stable' symlink pointing to the same kernel.

[edit] Stable/devel symlinks

In addition, the top level directory (e.g. kernel/) have the following symlinks for your convenience, pointing to the latest kernels in the appropriate branch:

• stable-2.6.18-rhel5 -> branches/rhel5-2.6.18/stable
• stable-2.6.18 -> branches/2.6.18/stable
• stable-2.6.9-rhel4 -> branches/rhel4-2.6.9/
• stable-2.6.8 -> branches/2.6.8/stable

• latest-2.6.20 -> branches/2.6.20/current
• latest-2.6.18 -> branches/2.6.18/current
• latest-2.6.16 -> branches/2.6.16/current
• latest-2.6.15 -> branches/2.6.15/current

[edit] Backward-compatible symlinks

Also, a few symlinks are provided in order to try to maintain backward compatibility with the old directory structure:

• debian -> branches/debian
• devel -> branches/2.6.20
• fc5 -> branches/fc5
• rhel5 -> branches/rhel5-2.6.18/
• suse10 -> branches/sles10-2.6.16/