Uttered Richard Conway <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, spake thus: > "You are running kernel-2.4.26.rac, but it is not installed in RPM > format. It is highly recommended that you run the official Red Hat Linux > kernels. By running a custom kernel, you will miss out on any security > fixes and functionality enhancements provided by Red Hat Linux, and your > configuration is unsupported. " The "kernel-<version>.src.rpm" lists each and every patch that RH applies to the pristine kernel sources. Use the Source, Luke. > How do I find out what these security fixes etc. are? Are these fixes > not fed back into the main kernel branch? The fixes do get offered to Linus but he is under absolutely _no_ obligation to accept them. Nor is there any guarantee of a schedule when a patch gets accepted. Cheers!
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