Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers Then why is Slackware constantly saying in their notes, on the kernel source code, that it is, and I quote here, from the one for 2.2.18, "This is the complete and unmodified source code for the Linux kernel". As I have found out, Red Hat's versions, contain patches to match their idea of a standardized kernel, or at least that is how the Intel versions are shipped. The version 5.0 ones were like that. Oh, folks, before we get into personal gripes, and the maker knows what else, that is only my opinion. And I could not get the 6.2 one to build correctly, or even to properly boot on my machine. I switched to Slackware, because it is an easy distribution to work with. It runs on a crowd of machines. And in a pinch, or at least in a few months, I could create a port for S/390. And besides, I've met the man who built it. Oh, and flames to me personally, mind.
Personal to :Mike Kershaw if you are listening, I'd like to demo on that emulator thingie the port of Slackware that you built for S/390. And has it been leaked to the folks at Slackware that it exists? I discussed it briefly with the folks who were representing the company at Linux World Expo, this past January, but I do not think they took it seriously. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Alan Cox > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LCS drivers for 2.4.9 ? > > > I like RedHat's words, but the term "RedHat standard kernel" bothers me a > > bit (isn't there only supposed to be *one* standard kernel?). And, the > > point has been made before, that IBM could be a bit more flexible. > > No vendor ships Linus base kernel. Linus base kernel doesn't pass anyones > QA test suite. Linus role is to put out clean well designed code and to > ensure development takes the right paths. The vendors then all add on > top of that various things including bug fixes which while they may fix > the bug are not the right long term solution and so won't go into Linus > tree. > > Alan
