Olle Eriksson wrote: > Hi > > What is the difference between the kernel source from kernel.org and > the Debian kernel-source-* packages? The only thing I can find about > that is some discussion from 1997 concluding that there is no > difference except that the debian packages handles the /usr/src/linux > symlink for you. Sorry if I am missing some obvious docs now.
The kernel-source from Debian contains Debian specific patches, the one from kernel.org doesn't. That doesn't mean you can't use the kernel from kernel.org. If you want to find out what patches the Debian kernel has, check out the appropriate kernel-patch-debian-2.x.x packages. > And, about that /usr/src/linux symlink. I have installed new kernels > from the kernel-source packages a few times and I have never seen this > symlink on my system. Is it safe to be without it? Yes, the /usr/src/linux symlink is used by a lot of people to point to the correct kernel source in /usr/src. It's only really handy IMO if you have more than 1 kernel source package in there. Then adjusting the symlink to point to the last source is handy. But you don't need it. Regards, Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]