On 11/6/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I this video: > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1742374580386548257&q=andrew+morton+linux+kernel&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 > > > > Andrew Morton talks about some aspects of the linux kernel. Near the > > end of the video, he talks about how to contribute and he says that > > both Fedora and Open Suse provide -linus snapshots of the kernel. > > > > I couldn't find this snapshots. Could any of you point me to the proper place? > > > > My second question is: How far are the Fedora kernels from the > > equivalent Vanilla ones? Andrew says it's okay to use Fedora/Open Suse > > kernels to report problems. Does this means that these kernels are > > very close to the vanilla version? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Install the rpmdevtools. > > Install the kernel src rpm. > > Go to ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES and examine the MANY kernel patches there. How > many are from Red Had/Fedora guys? > > That is what he means. > > Of the 408 patch files I have, 94 have contributions from RedHat. > > Those patch files are the difference between the main line kernel and > the Fedora kernel. There is not a quick way (that I know of) for you or > I to check on how many of these patches are headed upstream, or have > come down from upstream. OK, Thank you very much for the explanation. I knew about the patches but I didn't know Andrew was meaning about them. I use to use Whitebox and in some releases like WBEL 4 (RHEL 4 clone) the kernel was a very strange hybrid between a 2.4 and a 2.6. My main concern to know if there were similar things with the Fedora kernels. Cheers > > Cheers! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
