[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Copeland ) writes:
> >> I understand that "officially" it did not enter the
> >> kernel but there are patches by "Mandrake" and "SuSE"
> >
> >It isn't even in the 2.4 kernel - of course, patches can be made. But
> >the kernel group have to feel that we can stand behind it for it to go
> >into our distribution.
>
> Okay, just out of wondering then, why is it that redhat
> never uses a stock ft.**.kernel.org kernel for use with
> there systems when tehy have a new version. (It's meant as
> an honest question.) The kernel I get when I install redhat
> has lots of patches that have been applied to it. I am
> always having to go out and grab a stock kernel to get
> something solid to apply patches against.
We add patches to add features, increase stablity, increase
performance and add features ;).
We fix the kernels by applying selected patches from the development
of the next 2.2.x kernels, we fix bugs reported to us and showing up
during QA, we add drivers. We have a big group of people doing active
development on the kernel (Alan Cox, Stephen Tweedie, Ingo Molnar and
many more) and extensive QA-tests of the kernel - I would feel more
confident with a kernel from a Red Hat distribution than with a stock
kernel.
--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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