--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, what's the difference between "the official RH kernel source" > and "the official kernel source"? What are distros putting into > kernels behind my back? > > Theron
Red Hat includes several patches in their kernel source. Most or all of those patches are available separately, and are things you could put into your kernel yourself if you really wanted to, but then you'd have to work out any conflicts between the patches yourself. The disadvantage, of course, is that you don't *know* which patches they used, or what conflicts will arise if you try to apply additional patches yourself. Presumably most other distributions do much the same thing. Some, like Gentoo, offer a choice of kernel source packages with different patches (or with none at all). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
