Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:11:46 -0500 | From | Patrick McFarland <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1 |
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I have an eepro100 in my box, but I dont use it, I dont have a network. =) Im actually wondering if it works.
On 25-Nov-2001, J Sloan wrote: > Patrick McFarland wrote: > > > So your saying I should actually trust my distro to build a kernel right? > > Depends on how paranoid you are - I find the > red hat kernels to be a safe, if boring choice. > > > I build my own kernels, I have since day one. > > Sounds like you would have done better to use > the vendor suppplied kernel in this case - > > > But, heres a semi-key point, what happens to vendor patches? Do they ever get folded back into the main tree? > > Many do, some don't. > > Actual bug fixes get folded into the main tree, > but things like the e100 driver, the dell perc > raid drivers, the tux webserver, the linux > vertual server etc that are all in the red hat > kernel may never be in mainstream. > > I would sure like to see tux in main kernel, > since it's superior to the khttpd that's part > of the mainline tree. > > But things like the e100 driver I could live > without if eepro100 gets to the point where > it works just as well. > > cu > > jjs > >
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