On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, M Thompson wrote:
> Mickey,
>
> To over simplify things a lot, the Linux kernel is a file that enables the
> hardware and software talk to each other. The Mandrake 6.1 kernel source is
> just slightly different than the stock 2.2.13 kernel source. The hardware
> that it supports is just slightly different from that found in the 2.2.13
> kernel source. The Mandrake 6.1 kernel source supports some very new
> hardware that the stock 2.2.13 kernel source doesn't support. And vice
> versa, the stock 2.2.13 kernel source supports some hardware that the
> Mandrake 6.1 kernel source doesn't support. The differences, IMHO, are so
> slight that you should not hesitate to download the stock 2.2.13 kernel
> source.
We don't remove any hardware support unless you count arch specific
hardware. We do add patchs for different hardware, like isdn (which is
cronicly out of date generaly in the release kernels) and othr goodies
like the dvd patches (i could go on for an hour)
> Andre Hedrick, the author of the Ultra-DMA patch, had to write his patch to
> work with a specific kernel source. He couldn't write a version to work
> with the COL kernel source, a version for the MDK kernel source, etc. Andre
> chose to write his patch to work with the stock 2.2.13 kernel source, and
> that explains some of the error messages that occur when we try to apply the
> patch to the Mandrake 6.1 kernel source.
Are you running mips alpha ppc or sparc.. Niether is anybody else
installing the i586 linux-mandrake ;)
> If your are a nervous newbie like myself, you can print out the Mandrake 6.1
> kernel setup before you download and compile the stock 2.2.13 kernel. I did
> this so that I would have a crutch to stand on. I think the file was
> /usr/src/linux/defconfig.
/usr/doc/kernel-doc-(version)/config/*
or
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig
>
> HTH,
> Matt
>
>
> >From: mickey Mutant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Hpt 366 support In mandrake 7?
> >Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:23:54 -0800
>
> <SNIP>
>
> >what is the point of running mandrake if i dont use the mdk kernel?
> >
>
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