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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-kernel.xml
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:46:23
Message-Id: E1Jze9c-0006R1-Df@stork.gentoo.org
1 swift 08/05/23 20:46:20
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8 1.53 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.53&view=markup
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12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.52&r2=1.53
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16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.52
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19 diff -u -r1.52 -r1.53
20 --- gentoo-kernel.xml 3 Feb 2008 18:30:34 -0000 1.52
21 +++ gentoo-kernel.xml 23 May 2008 20:46:20 -0000 1.53
22 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.52 2008/02/03 18:30:34 swift Exp $ -->
25 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.53 2008/05/23 20:46:20 swift Exp $ -->
26
27 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
28 -<guide>
29 +<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
30 <title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
31 <author title="Author">
32 <mail link="swift@g.o">Sven Vermeulen</mail>
33 @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
34 <body>
35
36 <p>
37 -As with everything else in Gentoo Linux, the philosophy of the Gentoo
38 -Kernel team is to give you, the user, as much freedom of choice as
39 -possible. If you take a look at the output of <c>emerge -s sources</c>
40 -you see a large variety of kernels to choose from. In this document,
41 -I will attempt to give you a brief rundown of the goals of each of the
42 +As with everything else in Gentoo Linux, the philosophy of the Gentoo
43 +Kernel team is to give you, the user, as much freedom of choice as
44 +possible. If you take a look at the output of <c>emerge -s sources</c>
45 +you see a large variety of kernels to choose from. In this document,
46 +I will attempt to give you a brief rundown of the goals of each of the
47 patch sets, which we at Gentoo design, and also explain the other kernel
48 sources we make available to you.
49 </p>
50 @@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
51 <body>
52
53 <p>
54 -For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel. Since the
55 -2005.0 release, Gentoo Linux uses 2.6 as the default kernel. Unless you are
56 -specifically using the 2.4 profile, <c>gentoo-sources</c> will be a 2.6 kernel
57 +For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel. Since the
58 +2005.0 release, Gentoo Linux uses 2.6 as the default kernel. Unless you are
59 +specifically using the 2.4 profile, <c>gentoo-sources</c> will be a 2.6 kernel
60 on <e>most</e> architectures.
61 </p>
62
63 @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@
64 <p>
65 <c>hardened-sources</c> is based on the official Linux kernel and is targeted
66 at our users running Gentoo on server systems. It provides patches for the
67 -various subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for
68 -<uri link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and
69 +various subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for
70 +<uri link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and
71 <uri link="http://grsecurity.net">grsecurity</uri>), together with
72 stability/security-enhancements. Like <c>gentoo-sources</c> it comes in 2.6
73 -and 2.4 versions. Check <uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for
74 +and 2.4 versions. Check <uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for
75 more information.
76 </p>
77
78 @@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
79 <body>
80
81 <p>
82 -Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
83 -<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
84 +Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
85 +<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
86 <c>emerge -s sources</c>. Lets take them in alphabetical order. These
87 kernels are provided as a courtesy only and the various patch sets are not
88 supported by the Gentoo team.
89 @@ -260,8 +260,8 @@
90 <p>
91 The <c>tuxonice-sources</c> (formerly <c>suspend2-sources</c>) are patched with
92 both genpatches which includes the patches found in gentoo-sources, and <uri
93 -link="http://www.tuxonice.net">TuxOnIce</uri> which is an improved
94 -implementation of suspend-to-disk for the Linux kernel, formerly known as
95 +link="http://www.tuxonice.net">TuxOnIce</uri> which is an improved
96 +implementation of suspend-to-disk for the Linux kernel, formerly known as
97 <e>suspend2</e>.
98 </p>
99
100 @@ -277,15 +277,15 @@
101 <body>
102
103 <p>
104 -<c>usermode-sources</c> are the User Mode Linux kernel patches. This
105 +<c>usermode-sources</c> are the User Mode Linux kernel patches. This
106 kernel is designed to allow Linux to run within Linux to run within Linux
107 to ... User Mode Linux is intended for testing and virtual server support.
108 -For more information about this amazing tribute to the stability and
109 -scalability of Linux, see <uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>.
110 +For more information about this amazing tribute to the stability and
111 +scalability of Linux, see <uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>.
112 </p>
113
114 <p>
115 -For more information on UML and Gentoo, read the
116 +For more information on UML and Gentoo, read the
117 <uri link="/doc/en/uml.xml">Gentoo UML Guide</uri>.
118 </p>
119
120 @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
121 </p>
122
123 <p>
124 -Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found
125 +Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found
126 under this package: 2.4 and 2.6.
127 </p>
128
129 @@ -345,12 +345,12 @@
130 <body>
131
132 <p>
133 -<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is
134 -primarily designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is
135 -configurable for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset is
136 -also quite mature and has been put through numerous iterations of development
137 -and tuning. The emphasis of each release is on stability and security. Support
138 -and information is available at <uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in
139 +<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is
140 +primarily designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is
141 +configurable for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset is
142 +also quite mature and has been put through numerous iterations of development
143 +and tuning. The emphasis of each release is on stability and security. Support
144 +and information is available at <uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in
145 <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
146 </p>
147
148 @@ -432,8 +432,8 @@
149 <p>
150 The <c>uclinux-sources</c> are meant for CPUs without MMUs as well as embedded
151 devices. For more information, see <uri>http://www.uclinux.org</uri>. Lack of
152 -security patches as well as hardware to test on were the reasons this is no longer
153 -in the tree.
154 +security patches as well as hardware to test on were the reasons this is no
155 +longer in the tree.
156 </p>
157
158 </body>
159 @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
160 <body>
161
162 <p>
163 -<c>win4lin-sources</c> were patched to support the userland win4lin tools
164 +<c>win4lin-sources</c> were patched to support the userland win4lin tools
165 that allow Linux users to run many Microsoft Windows (TM) applications
166 at almost native speeds. This was removed due to security issues.
167 </p>
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