On 11/7/07, Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/7/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > > > Fedora tends to follow upstream quickly so the new releases of the > > kernel are available in the standard repository. The development > > repository (Rawhide) would have the latest snapshots. Also refer > > > > http://people.redhat.com/davej/ > > > > > 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? > > > > Yes or atleast that's the goal. > > > > http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/85039.html > > > > This is not just for the kernel but for the entire distribution on the > > whole. > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WhyUpstream > > > > Rahul > > Thanks for the information and for the links. I'll have a look to them. > > Cheers As a related question, I would like to know it it is possible to install a vanilla kernel in Fedora without big problems. By big problems I mean module loading problems (kernel version doesn't match, etc..) and those things. And taking into account that Fedora recommends to install the kernel as a "normal" rpm package, is there any guide or howto to know how to build an rpm from a vanilla kernel? I saw the vanilla directory inside the BUILD directory when the kernel sources are installed. Can I do something with that? Maybe comment out the patch sections in the spec file to create a vanilla rpm package? Thanks in advance > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >
