From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:09:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:09:35 -0400 Received: from borg.org ([208.218.135.231]:25107 "HELO borg.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:09:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:09:31 -0400 From: Kent Borg To: Phil Kos Cc: "'Horst von Brand'" , Marco Colombo , Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Vendor kernels unpakced Message-ID: <20010810180931.C22004@borg.org> In-Reply-To: <2167D6D1AACDD31196BE0008C7CF24DDAE0A18@issexc01.solthree.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <2167D6D1AACDD31196BE0008C7CF24DDAE0A18@issexc01.solthree.com>; from PhilK@solthree.com on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 12:29:04PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 12:29:04PM -0700, Phil Kos wrote: > > Just as it makes no sense to run a not-up-to-date release > > kernel, it makes > > no sense to keep anything but the very last on line. Just MVHO. > > I beg to differ, Herr Doktor von Brand. It makes more sense to run a > not-up-to-date release kernel than it does to slavishly update to every new > release without any pressing need for new features or functionality. Another reason to keep sources around: to know what is in a newer kernel. Right now I am wondering where I can find linuxppc_2_5 revision 1.442. Not because I want to run it, but because I am told it was the basis of a 2.4.2 kernel tree we have, and it would be useful in knowing what changes are important as we try to move our work forward. Over two thousand files changed from official 2.4.2 to what we started with--but I am guessing only a relatively small number of those changes are important to us. Getting a copy of that old kernel would be useful in sorting it all out. -kb, the Kent who would love to hear where he could get a copy of linuxppc_2_5 revision 1.442.