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Hi,

I Will at some point shortly upgrade from 6.4 to 7.1 release. I've been reasonably OK doing source upgrades using pretty much the same steps as Phoenix detailed - from 4.3 to 4.11 and 6.1 to 6.4. My question is in regards to generic kernel. Was it an outright recommendation to install a generic kernel when first building 7.0 release?

I've seen a couple other recommendations - specifically one describing a binary upgrade - state that the GENERIC kernel in 7.x has SMP by default. And for that reason users should build & install GENERIC first.

But i've got a custom kernel including dummynet for ipfw among a few other options. And if possible I would prefer to upgrade to 7.x with my custom kernel, without having to first build & install GENERIC first.

Can I ask what reasons exist for building/installing GENERIC first?

Thanks!