Red Hat applies patches to the kernel that vary from the kernel.org kernel. Often these are improvements from the next kernel version or additions that aren't included in the main kernel tree, such as those written by Alan Cox or their other kernel hackers. This, for example, allows them to use features out of a newer kernel without risking the instabilities of other new features. To see exactly what's been done in Red Hat kernels, you can install the kernel-source rpm and browse the resultant trees in /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/redhat/.
-Tim Alvaro Zuniga wrote: >OK, hello once again, > >I thought that the only central piece of a linux distribution was the >kernel and the many common applications. What does it mean to support a >"stock, -ac, Red Hat, or Mandrake kernels" I thought custom compile is a >s good as it gets. Is the kernel different from distro to distro? Do >they not use exacly what is in kernel.org? > >Thanks, > >Alvaro > >On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 18:03, John Hebert wrote: > > >>There's a nice article on the upcoming features in Gentoo 1.4 on >>http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/intro_gentoo.html by the >>project's >>founder, Daniel Robbins (who is a really nice guy!). It describes some of the >>nice features of Gentoo and what's coming next in version 1.4. I plan to >>install it on a PowerMac 8500 soon, hopefully. >> >>-- >>John Hebert >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
