Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Distro kernel patches (was Re: Linux 2.2.18pre4) | From | Ralf Gerbig <> | Date | 13 Sep 2000 22:52:29 +0200 |
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* Chip Salzenberg writes:
Hi Chip,
> According to Ralf Gerbig: >> but SuSe and I believe RedHat etc. etc. _do_ ship patched kernels.
> You've just made L-K's understatement of the day.
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so I rest my case vs shrink wrap.
OTOH one of the first things I do after trying a new distribution is to replace the kernel by the latest and greatest, at least for the box at home and mine at work.
I think I know what I am doing, or suffer otherwise. Those who want to upgrade their kernels have a choice between vendor suplied rpms, debs, tar.gz´s or the one and only from [ftp|http]//ftp.**.kernel.org. If they choose the latter, I would presume they are able to patch that one to their liking.
OK I confess I usually chicken out and wait for those who_really_ know what they are doing, to supply their patches to the mainstream kernel.
What I am trying to say is that I am perfectly happy to wait until the maintainers integrate the code into the mainstream kernel.
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