At 10:55 PM 4/30/99 +0000, Richard Adams wrote [abridged]:
>There is only one kernel and thats a "linux-kernel" , the misunderstanding
>comes about because it would seem some distributions choose to install
>things in different ways, anyhow the linux kernel source code resides in
>/usr/src/linux-2.x.x and has a symbolic link called linux linked to it.
>I have installed most distributions and i have never found one yet which has
>the kernel code in any other place.
I think you've overstated things a bit here. I know of at least one
distributor of Linux-based *hardware* (VA Research) that has included its
own patches in the 2.0.x kernels it shipped. The one I specifically know of
was a patch (that was available from their Website, BTW, but not in the
official list of patches) that corrected the +64MB detection problem quite
some time before that was fixed in the official kernels.
Currently, the README file in VA's kernel ftp directory
(ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/kernel/) includes this warning:
"Kernels available here may not be identical to the original kernel
source from Linus. See the table below and the ChangeLog file with
each kernel. In particular, device drivers may have been added or
upgraded from the official release. Also, drivers may be tuned for VA
systems by the adjustment of various #define parameters in the source
code. Full sources are provided for any modifications. In all of our
recent kernel release patch files with diffs from the stock kernels
released by Linus are included."
Now a system vendor is different from a distribution publisher, and I don't
actually know of any kernel variations in at least the major distributions
(though I wonder about Stampede) ... but the "only one kernel" statement is
a bit too strong.
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