On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:09:45AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Mauro Darida wrote: > >hello debianers, > >I have always been wondering what is the difference between a fresh > >kernel from linus and a debian kernel; I have always been using the > >first one, maybe I have always been wrong?? No visible side effects > >here, though... > >Saluti, Mauro. > In my case: > linux-2.6.9.tar.bz2 + > dpkg -i kernel-patch-debian-2.6.9_2.6.9-2_all.deb + > run-parts /usr/src/kernel-patches/all/2.6.9/apply = kernel-source-2.6.9 > > The patches are already present in kernel-source-2.6.9.
> In general I would run WITH the patches, since powers greater than I > have decided they would be a good idea. Debian certainly is something > greater than I ;-) It's my understanding/assumption that the only difference between a kernel.org kernel patched with kernel-patch-* and a kernel-source-* is that the kernel-source version has some non-free stuff removed, but they are otherwise identical, is that correct? I'm currently using kernel.org kernels (still using 2.4's) with kernel-patch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]