nightmorph 06/11/30 20:08:34 Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml Log: vanilla-sources is now unsupported, moved/changed 2.4 kernel info, all by request of Daniel Drake (dsd) on IRC
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However, +please note that Linux 2.4 is currently not being developed further - only bug +and security fixes are being included in the newer releases. If you are able to, +we suggest that you upgrade to Linux 2.6. You may find the <uri +link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">migration document</uri> useful. +</p> + + </body> </section> </chapter> @@ -91,24 +101,18 @@ </p> <p> -<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, with various kernel -patches included to fix security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase -compatibility with the more uncommon system architectures. Linux 2.6 is -the current official stable kernel tree, and development is progressing -rapidly. For highest performance, best hardware support, and its large -new feature set, we recommend 2.6 over its older 2.4 counterpart. +<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, lightly patched to fix +security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase compatibility with the more +uncommon system architectures. Linux 2.6 is the current official stable kernel +tree, and development is progressing rapidly. For highest performance, best +hardware support, and its large new feature set, we recommend 2.6 over its older +2.4 counterpart. </p> <p> -Some of the more uncommon system architectures are not fully compatible with -Linux 2.6, and some users prefer to the tried-and-tested Linux 2.4 kernel; -for this reason we provide <c>gentoo-sources</c> (the 2.4 version). The -patches included in this kernel are similar to those included in its 2.6 -counterpart, plus a number of patches designed to add functionality and -improve performance. Linux 2.4 is currently not being developed further - only -bug and security fixes are being included in the newer releases. If you are -able to, we suggest that you upgrade to Linux 2.6. You may find the -<uri link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">migration document</uri> useful. +The 2.4 <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel patches are similar to those included in +its 2.6 counterpart, plus a number of patches designed to add functionality and +improve performance. </p> <p> @@ -122,42 +126,6 @@ </body> </section> <section> -<title>Plain kernels: vanilla-sources</title> -<body> - -<p> -The next kernel sources that many of you will probably be familiar with -as Linux users are the <c>vanilla-sources</c>. These are the official kernel -sources released on <uri>http://www.kernel.org/</uri>. Please note that we do -not patch these kernels at all - these are purely for people who wish to run -a completely unmodified Linux kernel. -</p> - -<p> -Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found -under this package: 2.4 and 2.6. -</p> - -<p> -Linux 2.4 is maintained by Marcelo Tosatti. Linus Torvalds, the original -creator of Linux, handed maintainership of the Linux 2.4 branch over to -Marcelo when Linus went off to start developing the newer 2.6 kernel tree. -Marcelo has done a fine job of keeping 2.4 stable and secure, and is now -only accepting security and bug fixes into the 2.4 kernel tree. Actual -development happens in the Linux 2.6 kernel tree. -</p> - -<p> -Linux 2.6 is maintained by Andrew Morton, who works closely with Linus -Torvalds to deliver a fast, powerful, and feature-packed Linux kernel. -Development is happening at incredible pace and this kernel tree is now very -mature. -</p> - -</body> -</section> - -<section> <title>For servers: hardened-sources and rsbac-sources</title> <body> @@ -331,6 +299,42 @@ </body> </section> +<section> +<title>vanilla-sources</title> +<body> + +<p> +The next kernel sources that many of you will probably be familiar with as Linux +users are the <c>vanilla-sources</c>. These are the official kernel sources +released on <uri>http://www.kernel.org/</uri>. Please note that we do not patch +these kernels at all - these are purely for people who wish to run a completely +unmodified Linux kernel. We recommend that you use <c>gentoo-sources</c> +instead. +</p> + +<p> +Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found +under this package: 2.4 and 2.6. +</p> + +<p> +Linux 2.4 is maintained by Marcelo Tosatti. Linus Torvalds, the original +creator of Linux, handed maintainership of the Linux 2.4 branch over to +Marcelo when Linus went off to start developing the newer 2.6 kernel tree. +Marcelo has done a fine job of keeping 2.4 stable and secure, and is now +only accepting security and bug fixes into the 2.4 kernel tree. Actual +development happens in the Linux 2.6 kernel tree. +</p> + +<p> +Linux 2.6 is maintained by Andrew Morton, who works closely with Linus +Torvalds to deliver a fast, powerful, and feature-packed Linux kernel. +Development is happening at incredible pace and this kernel tree is now very +mature. +</p> + +</body> +</section> </chapter> <chapter> -- [email protected] mailing list
