On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 09:18:47PM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: [snip] > > The Red Hat version only supports kernel 2.4.2, expect it to > > fail on 2.4.17+ because there have been significant changes. > > Also expect it to work on the Red Hat 2.4.2 kernel but not a > > standard 2.4.2 kernel because Red Hat apply significant > > patches to their kernels. > > Sigh. Do we know exactly what kernel patches/modifications > Redhat makes to their default kernels?
If you want to see what patches they apply to their kernels, download their kernel source rpm and have a look. [snip] > Sigh... are we going to become like the Mac... where the rest > of the world supports OTHER software that we don't use? That > is... it seems like more and more hardware/software producers > are making stuff FOR Redhat, and not supporting anything else > except that. What happens to the rest of us? If we don't also > use Redhat we either have compatibility problems, or have to > hack away at it to get it to work (and even if it DOES work, > it may be flaky). [snip] If you're worried about that (or even if you're not) then support vendors that have open source drivers. -- Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]