From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:42:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:42:30 -0400 Received: from ns.cablesurf.de ([195.206.131.193]:6795 "EHLO ns.cablesurf.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:42:19 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Oliver Neukum To: Andreas Dilger Subject: Re: using bug reports on vendor kernels Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 23:42:38 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <200108092131.f79LV4Hr024656@webber.adilger.int> In-Reply-To: <200108092131.f79LV4Hr024656@webber.adilger.int> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080923423801.04822@idun> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2001 23:31 schrieben Sie: > Oliver writes: > > is there a site that would allow me to browse a list of patches added to > > vendor kernels (esp. RedHat). I need this to use an oops supplied by a > > user. > > You _should_ be able to simply get the RedHat source RPM, and have a look > at the various patches that are applied to the base Linus kernel. At least > that is how the Turbolinux and SuSE kernels are built (haven't looked > at a RedHat kernel in a while, but I expect the same). Granted, some > of the patch names are not exactly self explanitory (e.g. jumbo patches > like -ac or -aa, which have their own documentation somewhere, often l-k). It might do so. However the speed of my internet connectivity would make this a very, very slow task. And the day after having completed that I'd be bound to get a bug report from a Mandrake user. Regards Oliver