Thanks mulix, Yes, actually I have a specific question though I am not sure what to make of all the changes of hands of the Linux kernel. I have 2.4.4 that I use from when it was out. my main interest is netfilter since I use Linux as my router/masq/ftp server/whatever server. anyway, I was reading a lot the linuxtoday for a month or two, and then I stopped at around 2.4.10 since the big problems at what should have been a stabled kernel would not stop. Then, one day linus announced he is going to pass Alan the maintenance of the kernel, and the problems with the pure Old VM will stop and most of the bigger problems would be solved, so when I will install 2.4.17 I will be able to be at ease that I am installing a stable? kernel? What's your suggestion? (I want to install netfilter 1.2.4 with some patchomatic stuff I need, but it requires 2.4.9+ so...)
* - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 * - * - * - * - * - * -----Original Message----- From: mulix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:00 PM To: Hetz Ben-Hamo Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cox kernel? On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Hetz Ben-Hamo wrote: > The 2.4.x kernel development has been moved from Alan to Marcello. Linus will > only announce new kernel 2.4.x releases, but won't touch any code actually... ? 2.4.16 was released by marcello. so was 2.4.17pre2. linux didnt have anything to do with these, publicly. > So Rik's VM implementation is out, and other Linus stuff that were in the > kernel (while they weren't in Alan's ac-tree) has been removed in favour of.. > you guessed it - Alan's tree.. ??? rik's vm is indeed out (although he is maintaining it himself), but marcello started working from 2.4.15, which was linus' tree, not alan's tree. i think you are mistaken here. to answer the original question, the important bits in -ac have been merged into -linus before 2.4.15. as to the rest, i dont know. maybe it's 2.5.x material. is there anything specific you're interested in, tzahi? -- mulix http://www.pointer.co.il/~mulix/ http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
