> Let me be more blunt: I would force the issue. > You should expect a generic kernel (with suitable public patches) > to run either distro without serious impact.
It should do. In the Red Hat case the only incompatibility fun item I know about is if you use quota. The base kernel tree only supports quotas for uids below 65535 in 2.4. The Red Hat one supports higher quota numbers using an update from the author. There are also some extra drivers but that doesn't affect S/390 8) You can pull the quota patch from the Red Hat source rpm if you need it.
