Hi Alex and thanks for the interrest in this question :)) !
Well I wasn't able to find a kernel RPM .spec on my installed system but I
checked the n_hdlc.diff file delivered with the speedtouch package
with the one that is installed as kernel source file and the lines of code
match. So it seems that for this kernel ( Linux zgate 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6
17:21:28 EDT 2001 i586 form a RH 7.2 distro ) the patch has been applied !
{ BTW : this seems to be an excellent distro if you just want to set up a
simple adsl router for your home use, and you re not a linux guru ... }
bb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Bennee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: [speedtouch] Re: hdlc patch ?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > maybe this is off topic but I'm little bit confused on this n_hdlc
> > patch ... It's said in ther FAQ and and in a large amount of posted
> > answers in this ng, that the kernel should be a 2.4.18 or above. If not
> > it is recommanded to patch it ....
> >
> > But I have a basic RH install with a 2.4.7-10 kernel wich works fine on
> > the 1.0 version of the driver ... Would that mean that the 2.4.7-10 is
> > an exception in this patch rule, and how could that be ? Could it be
> > possible that RH has already patched it's kernel ( I can see a n_hdlc
> > module with lsmod ) ?
> >
> > bb
>
> Mmm, possibly. A lot of distributions are ahead of the patch game compared
> to the stock kernels. I never patched my Mandrake kernel so it could be
the
> case with RH too.
>
> The best way to tell for RH is to look at the kernel RPM .spec file and
see
> what patches are applied. The nice thing about RPM's is they start from
the
> baseline code (e.g. Marcello's tar-ball) and apply patches to it when they
> build. This way its easy to see what has been applied beyond the stock
> builds.
> Alex
> www.bennee.com/~alex/
>
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