> I downloaded the kernel-2.2.16 source rpm. I noticed a
> number of patches in there. What are these patches
> for? Are they RH specific. What would be the harm in
> just packaging the kernel source tarball by itself.
> I've never had the need to patch the kernel with any
> nonstandard patches.
>
I have kernel-2.2.16-3.src.rpm here. I see it contain patches that look like
RH configurations
Extra software you might need (such as ksymoops)
Patches that some folk might otherwise have to track down for specific problems such
as the have more RAM then Linux knows what to do with
A soundblaster patch - I guess some don't work without it
RAID patches
PCMCIA patches
A couple of patches maybe for my SCSI
A patch for gcc 2.96 Hey Mike - baybe your problems are fixed-)
I don't imagine RHI includes these patches lightly, and does so for users' convenience
(ksymoops) or to fix specific problems for its customers.
If I were building a kernel from source I got from ftp.kernel.org, odds are I'd get by
perfectly well without them,
OTHO I'd not remove them if I built from RHL source either; odds are most of them have
no effect on me (eg RAID, PCMCIA, SB, BIG MEM); in come cases it might be that I need
them or would like to try them (lfs perheps).
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