On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 13:44, Thomas Backlund wrote: > From: "Frederic Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi > > > > Excuse my ignorance but I don't understand the relationship between the > > -tmb kernel and the (official?) -mdk kernel? > > Is that work done in parallel that will end up in a unified kernel or > > something like that? > > Could someone in the know enlighten me on this one? > > > > You can think of it in the same way as the -ac kernels are to > the original kernel.org kernel.... > > It's somewhat a "playing ground" for new features and drivers, > that does not exist in main mdk kernels... > (you could also call it a "hackkernel" ...) > > This kernel is not officially supported by mdk, and even if some patches > from it ends up in the main kernel, don't expect that all of them ever > will., > as that's always up to Juan and the mdk kernel team... > > as for how my kernel is related to the mdk kernel, > think of it like this... > > Take the current mdk kernel: > > kernel-2.4.22-0.5mdk > > when I add my patches to it, I change the name: > kernel -> kernel-tmb > > and when I do my first build, I add > '.1tmb_ ' to the version numbers (second build would be '.2tmb_') > so that you will see the difference in '/lib/modules/*' and '/usr/src/*' > > and I have to keep the 'mdk' part at the end of the version number > to satisfy the /etc/init.d/kheader, or people will have problems > when they need to compile 3rdparty kernel-modules (ex.nvidia) > against it... > > and just to summarize, just compare the names: > kernel-2.4.22-0.5mdk > kernel-tmb-2.4.22-0.5.1tmb_mdk > > and you see how easy it is to know wich mdk kernel > it's based on... > > Thomas
Thanks Thomas. Clear explanations :) Now considering your kernel is a (Mandrake Kernel)++ what would stop the Mandrake kernel team to use it? Are any of the extra patches you use not politically correct (from a GPL stand point) or too bleeding edge? -- Frederic Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
