Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
2004-07-24T16:25:26Z

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:16:37AM +0200, szonyi calin wrote:
> Are you sure ? There are a number of distribution who use the
> stable kernel from kernel.org and some of them are much faster
> (if you remember, compiling a kernel to suit your needs
> sometimes improve performance).
> One size _does not_ fit all.

Right. Aaaand if I remember correctly you may download the source
for, say, a RHEL kernel for gratis from Redhat (or a whitebox distro)
and make menuconfig it and compile it the same way you do vanilla
kernels.

In fact, a single tree is far better for stable development in general.
Vanilla things that break get spotted sooner, we avoid 2.x.0 the
syndrome, and distro kernels in general may get more eyes from clueful
people that otherwise would ignore them and leave the problems to
less resourceful users.

"Dont Panic" :)
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