Re: [gentooppc-user] Fwd: New sys-kernel tree layout

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 14:35, you wrote:
> it seems gentooppc-user and gentooppc-dev are not included in the To
> field when Daniel et al post announcements .. for the moment i'll fwd
> to the list (i have emailed asking that ppc be added)

more specific: we'll have "ppc-sources" (maybe ppc-sources-xfs, I don't know) 
and a linux-headers with ARCH switching, so that basically all archs share 
the same linux-header ebuild but have different sources.

This will probably be "visible" in ppc portage by the end of the week

Best regards,

Pieter

> ----- Forwarded message from Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> -----
>
> > Date: 23 Apr 2002 09:05:32 -0600
> > From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
> > Reply-To: gentoo-user@g.o
> > To: gentoo-announce@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o,
> > 	gentoo-user@g.o, gentoo-core@g.o
> > Subject: [gentoo-user] New sys-kernel tree layout
> > X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We now have a new arrangement in Portage's sys-kernel tree.
> > sys-kernel/linux-sources no longer exists, and has been replaced with
> > the following consistently-named selection of kernel source packages:
> >
> > gentoo-sources:
> >
> > The gentoo-sources ebuild is our replacement for our previous
> > linux-sources ebuild.  It contains a "custom" Gentoo Linux kernel source
> > tree, optimized for server performance and desktop responsiveness.  We
> > try to ensure that this kernel is very fast and stable and we recommend
> > this kernel for most people.  However, XFS support is no longer included
> > in this kernel.  If you use XFS, use sys-kernel/xfs-sources.
> >
> > vanilla-sources:
> >
> > The vanilla-sources ebuild installs a "mainline" kernel source tree,
> > giving you the exact same thing as if you downloaded a stock kernel from
> > kernel.org.  It will be handy for those who use stock kernel source tree
> > -- now you can merge this kernel, and have a kernel source tree
> > installed to /usr/src automatically.
> >
> > usermode-sources:
> >
> > This usermode-sources ebuild installs mainline sources that have been
> > patched to support user-mode Linux (a special technology that allows you
> > to run "Linux inside Linux.")
> >
> > xfs-sources:
> >
> > The xfs-sources ebuild installs sources that support XFS; specifically,
> > this ebuild contains a CVS snapshot of SGI's own XFS source tree.  In
> > the future, we may add other minor (and stable) performance-enhancing
> > patches as well.  We've found that using a SGI XFS CVS shapshot is the
> > best way to go if you're going to use the XFS filesystem.  If any of
> > your Gentoo Linux filesystems are XFS, then, you'll need to use this
> > kernel.
> >
> > openmosix-sources:
> >
> > The openmosix-sources ebuild installs a kernel source tree that has been
> > specially patched with support for the GPL openMosix clustering and
> > load- balancing technology.  For more info, see
> > http://www.openmosix.com.
> >
> > I hope you find the new layout more intuitive.  All ebuilds work
> > similarly and will install a kernel source tree to a directory inside
> > /usr/src and will set the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to this
> > directory.  We also plan to add a greater selection of kernels in the
> > future -- even customized kernels from other distributions like Mandrake
> > and Red Hat.
> >
> > Best Regards,
>
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