From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757518AbXKQKf2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:35:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752350AbXKQKfU (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:35:20 -0500 Received: from fmmailgate05.web.de ([217.72.192.243]:57789 "EHLO fmmailgate05.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752196AbXKQKfT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:35:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:35:16 +0100 Message-Id: <2090717360@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: ewanm89@googlemail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: distro specific kernels vs vanilla kernel and how to compare Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX1+E2ZGIHRXsXipx+CG+/6Xv7TTN5D6ipHvhQ1txV0YejXiGs WWasEpudg+bMuoQn3hxILdQKto0ontNz/Blexnnqj8rMtObRCM= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >I would also like to see something like this nice to get positive feedback, thanks :) >as some work I'm doing on >working some funny networking (unfortunately IT department don't have >common sense) across multiple distros. so if _you_ have common sense, it`s up to you alone to make your own life easier and you should try hard to change their mind. how can you make sure your code is good and stable if other`s don`t review it ? why should you constantly work on porting your code to the next kernel release ? even worse, you need to port it to different vendor specific kernels. that`s a real waste of time... please try changing their minds and if you need some help/arguments i`m sure there are people who can help you freeing the source ! ;) maybe you will find some at http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html regards roland List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: distro specific kernels vs vanilla kernel and how to compare From: ewanm89 Date: 2007-11-17 5:17:56 Message-ID: 20071117051756.4b1d20da () ewanm89-laptop [Download message RAW] On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:25:27 +0100 Andi Kleen wrote: > devzero@web.de writes: > > > does somebody know if there is a website or a project for giving > > comfortable and deeper insight into what`s specific to distro`s > > kernels and what`s their difference to vanilla kernel ? > > > > i mean some way to have some transparancy to what different distro > > vendors add to vanilla kernel sources and thus turning it into > > their own specific version. > > There used to be such a page at kernelnewbies, but at some point it > disappeared. > > I agree it would be a useful resource. > > -Andi > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ I would also like to see something like this, as some work I'm doing on working some funny networking (unfortunately IT department don't have common sense) across multiple distros. Tracking the kernel patche differences between the distros seems to be the hardest part (comparing them to find what's needed for all distros to work). -- Ewan Marshall (ewanm89) _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 3 Monate kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220