Re: why there is different kernel versions from RedHat?

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sad, 2005-01-01 at 01:33, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
>>linux lover wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>Where can i get special pathces used by RedHat to
>>>original kernels from www.kernel.org?
>>
>>Three step process
>>1 - get the RH source RPM and unpack
>>2 - get the kernel.org source of the same number
>>3 - use diff to generate the patch.
>>
>>Optional step 4 - look at the size of it, shake your head and swear.
> 
> 
> If you do it such a dumb way then sure. Most of the patches in the 2.6.8
> and 2.6.9 ones are post 2.6.9 fixes already in the base tree because of
> the lack of a stable base kernel tree in Linus new model.
> 
> In order that we don't go collectively insane maintaining it those are
> broken out from the feature patches we needed. Generating a single giant
> diff loses all the useful info.

I didn't feel the need of editorial comment on the original question, 
clearly if you had a better way to get WHAT HE ASKED FOR you might have 
included it instead of commenting on the answer.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
   CTO TMR Associates, Inc
   Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979