Messages in this thread | | | From | "Alexander E. Patrakov" <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 | Date | Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:20:49 +0500 |
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Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Anyway, when you manage your own distribution, you have no other solution > than reading lkml daily (better: continuously) to grab the required fixes > and apply them to your local tree. If you feel that sometime you won't be > able to do the backport, either you can ask on lkml, people are often > willing to help, or you need to rely on other people's work (read distro > kernels).
I agree to rely on other people's work, but not _random_ distro kernels. The reason is that distros usually both fix bugs and test new features on their users.
What's needed is an equivalent of linux-libc-headers: a vendor-neutral generally-accepted kernel usable as-is in most cases.
-- Alexander E. Patrakov
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