Re: How to identify kernel

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 00:50:13 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
>
>> My current kernel tells me it is 3.99.3. I downloaded today's
>> snapshot, and it identifies itself as  3.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0. Can
>> someone tell me what this means. I thought all betas were identified
>> as .99 and the final decimal indicates changes. But the snapshot with
>> #0 seems to indicate this is the first one. I'd like to be able to
>> keep track.
>
> No, .99 kernels are -current.  See:
>
>    http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/release-map.html
>
> SY, Uwe

I read that, and I don't understand why the current snapshot gives me 
a kernel with 3.0_BETA. Why is there a 3.0_x at all if 2.99 is 
current? What does 3.0_BETA represent?

Anyway, question for the developers, which one should I install to get 
the latest and greatest that works and has the most recent hardware 
support, even if it is not stable? I can't seem to find anything that 
would get me a 3.99.x anymore. In fact, I got this from Nikos after my 
previous attempt came up with a kernel which wouldn't detect wd0.

Anyway, if someone can just give me the URL on the NetBSD server where 
I should go to get the kernel and sets.

Thanks,
Mike