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maxpower
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 Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2002 5:31 pm Post subject: Linux kernel: gentoo-sources |
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I have already updated to Gentoo 1.4 and I picked the gentoo kernel. I was just wondering if someone can tell me what patches this kernel has and its benefits over a vanilla kernel. I thought at first that it was already configured with a certain set of options but per the install documentation I am assuming not.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2002 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| i know that gentoo-sources-r7 has xfs support. it also has preemptible kernel. i don't know about anything else. |
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pilla
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2002 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| emerge it and read the documents there. They have a log of all patches applied |
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mksoft
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If you have it emerged, look in /usr/doc/gentoo-sources-2.4.19-r9/patches.txt.gz (assuming you're using the r9 kernel).
If you don't want to wait for the long download of the kernel, send me a private message and I'll mail it to you.
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maxpower
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 6:57 pm Post subject: Documentation |
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Is there a way to read that file without unzipping it first?
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mksoft
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Documentation |
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| maxpower wrote: | | Is there a way to read that file without unzipping it first? |
Looking at the ebuild it builds this file from the patch files. You can give me your email and I'll mail the file to you (you can use a private message for it).
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pilla
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: Documentation |
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less can read compressed files with gzip.
| maxpower wrote: | Is there a way to read that file without unzipping it first?
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mksoft
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Documentation |
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| Bloody Bastard wrote: | less can read compressed files with gzip.
| maxpower wrote: | Is there a way to read that file without unzipping it first?
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Oops, misunderstood the question, I thought he was talking about unzipping the kernel sources.
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pilla
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: Documentation |
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But maybe it is the case. I just wanted to cover all possibilities 
| mksoft wrote: | | Bloody Bastard wrote: | less can read compressed files with gzip.
| maxpower wrote: | Is there a way to read that file without unzipping it first?
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Oops, misunderstood the question, I thought he was talking about unzipping the kernel sources. |
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maxpower
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help, just needed to read the patches file.
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cto2mac
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| from what i saw alot of the kernel configuration was already done. i.e: the /devfs was already selected. |
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Curious
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| cto2mac wrote: | | from what i saw alot of the kernel configuration was already done. i.e: the /devfs was already selected. |
If only thats all we ever had to do! 
Btw, I highly recommend the gentoo kernel line - I think they're derived from the Alan Cox line, and they've been nothing but excellent stability and radical functionality for me so far.
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