On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:25:11 -0500 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/2012 7:44 PM, Alex Robbins wrote: > > > need something more recent than testing > > Why? IIRC you previously mentioned you *needed* 3.3 or higher. Can you > tell use what feature it is you need that was introduced in 3.3? > > > not asking which of the above options is stable and secure (I know it > > is neither), > > Correct. It's a kernel, not an entire distro. Debian changes very > little, if any, kernel code, for its distributed kernels. As with any Debian definitely *does* change *some* kernel code: "The source from which the Debian binary kernels are built is obtained by taking the source from linux_version.orig.tar.xz (that is, pristine kernel source with problematic parts removed) and applying a set of Debian patches. These patches typically implement essential fixes for serious bugs and security holes. The Debian version of the kernel packages has the form version-revision where version is the upstream version of the kernel (like 3.2.20) and revision determines the patchlevel. For example, the packages with version 3.2.20-1 are built from the linux_3.2.20.orig.tar.xz source, patched up to patchlevel. Certain packages include extra 'featuresets' not included in the upstream source, such as rt." http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-source.html > distro, Debian sets various configuration options and excludes certain > kernel features from its kernels, such as all the non-free bits of the > vanilla source. Debian makes no changes to the vanilla kernel that make > it more or less stable or secure. Note that the Debian kernel team is > one of the largest contributors to upstream source. Thus when Debian > pulls vanilla source into experimental, they're receiving all of their > own recent kernel patches to the stable branch. I don't think this is quite true; while there is an explicit preference for patches that have already been accepted upstream, it seems that this is not a rigid rule: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120827145400.44be663f.cele...@gmail.com
