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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ your needs are.
and may be used with Enterprise Linux distributions like Red Hat and
CentOS. These distributions provide a stable kABI (Kernel Application
Binary Interface) which allows the same binary modules to be used
with new versions of the distribution provided kernel.
with new versions of the distribution provided kernel. Note that these
packges do not quite follow Redhat's rules, so there is a slight possibility
that a new kernel could fail with one of these packages. The probability
is low, but we recommend that for production servers, you disable
automatic kernel updates when using one of these builds.

By default the build system will generate user packages and both DKMS
and kmod style kernel packages if possible. The user packages can be
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In order to request kABI-tracking package the *--with-spec=redhat*
option must be passed to configure.

Be aware that these packages do not completely follow Redhat's rules, so
there is a slight chance that they will not work with a new kernel.
We recommend disabling automatic kernel updates when using these builds
on a production server.

**NOTE:** This type of package is not available for Fedora.

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