[Clfs-support] why Linux-Headers-2.6.20.1-02252007?

[b-vol]

Greetings,

I downloaded the latest snapshot of clfs-embedded  (released 8th November 
2008).  I noticed it uses  in the build  the following:-
a)Linux-Headers-2.6.20.1-02252007
b)linux-2.6.20.1
Now the the former (the headers) are maintained  by 
http://headers.cross-lfs.org/
The  latter website gives the following info relating to Linux headers :-

{
October 2007:
The effort to get mainstream headers into the kernel now meets the needs of 
the open source community. There will be no further updates of this project. 
The 2.6.23 Kernel has everything in place for headers. Thank you all for your 
support.
}



Now the most up-to-date release of the linux kernel   (from 
http://www.kernel.org) is   linux-2.6.27.5 -quite a few generations pass 
linux-2.6.20.1.  I therefore have two questions:-

a) is there something unique in  Linux-Headers-2.6.20.1-02252007 to build 
clfs-embedded?
b) Can a modern kernel (and headers) (eg linux-2.6.27.5) be used to substitute 
the aging linux-2.6.20.1?

suggestions welcomed

b-vol
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