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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linux-headers
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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:33:06 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200710071606.41948.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (Volker Armin Hemmann's message of "Sun\, 07 Oct 2007 16\:06\:41 +0200")
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At Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:06:41 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:

> the linux-headers and the kernel are completly off -sync. There is no harm in 
> using headers with a higher/lower version number.
> But(!) you should not downgrade headers, this can cause very severe problems.

thanks,
allan
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