Re: PROBLEM: 2.2.5 unstable on Dell PC, 2.0.36 is stable

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:18:52 +0100 (BST)

> > IIRC, Redhat also make some patches to the tree that
> > are not in the standard kernel, so you'd still need to
> > know all about those too..
>
> Exactly. I wonder why it's so difficult to open kernel*.src.rpm and find there
> all used patches, .config and so on ...

cd /usr/src/redhat
rpm --install kernel*src*rpm
more SPECS/kernel*

Gives a change log, a list of patches , and the patch files are all dropped
into the SOURCES directory. rpm -ba applies and builds the rpms

AFAIK there are five patches not in the mainstream kernel nowdays

o An earlier version of HJ Lu's NFS patch
o A version of Doug's AIC7xxx driver (may be in) - newer and even better
one is in 2.2.11pre2
o Ingo's raid update (newer and better one in 11pre2)
o Large file handle patch (which I hope will get in once its had all the
Linus thinks xyz is ugly bits removed).
o Drop the kernel into /boot by default

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/