>>>>> "MM" == Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: MM> For kernel-2.6.8-1.521, diffstat run on all of the patch files in MM> the RPM says: MM> 546 files changed, 28339 insertions(+), 1880 deletions(-) Note that not all of the patches are applied (the ext3 online-resize and reservations patches aren't, and they are rather large. The big patches are: linux-2.6.2-tux.patch Adds the tux kernel-based web server. linux-2.6.7-modsign-mpilib.patch Adds (along with five smaller patches) signed modules linux-2.6.0-4g4g.patch Enables the 4G kernel/userspace split linux-2.6.7-mlock.patch Makes maximum per-process mlock usage an rlimit linux-2.6.7-netdump.patch Adds the network-based crashdump architectire linux-2.6.0-exec-shield.patch Adds (along with a few other patches) the exec-shield security stuff That accounts for the bulk of all of the changes. - J<