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nightmorph 09/01/25 21:05:08 |
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Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml |
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Log: |
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updated kernel guide to remove references to 2.4 gentoo-sources. note: rsbac-sources will soon need to be moved to the old kernels section, as it's already been masked for removal. bug 256348. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.54&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.54&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.53&r2=1.54 |
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Index: gentoo-kernel.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.53 |
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retrieving revision 1.54 |
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diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54 |
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--- gentoo-kernel.xml 23 May 2008 20:46:20 -0000 1.53 |
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+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 25 Jan 2009 21:05:07 -0000 1.54 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.53 2008/05/23 20:46:20 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.54 2009/01/25 21:05:07 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.20</version> |
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-<date>2008-02-03</date> |
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+<version>1.21</version> |
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+<date>2009-01-25</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel. Since the |
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-2005.0 release, Gentoo Linux uses 2.6 as the default kernel. Unless you are |
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-specifically using the 2.4 profile, <c>gentoo-sources</c> will be a 2.6 kernel |
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-on <e>most</e> architectures. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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+For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel. |
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<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, lightly patched to fix |
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security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase compatibility with the more |
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-uncommon system architectures. Linux 2.6 is the current official stable kernel |
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-tree, and development is progressing rapidly. For highest performance, best |
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-hardware support, and its large new feature set, we recommend 2.6 over its older |
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-2.4 counterpart. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-The 2.4 <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel patches are similar to those included in |
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-its 2.6 counterpart, plus a number of patches designed to add functionality and |
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-improve performance. |
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+uncommon system architectures. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-<c>hardened-sources</c> is based on the official Linux kernel and is targeted |
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-at our users running Gentoo on server systems. It provides patches for the |
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-various subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for |
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-<uri link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and |
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-<uri link="http://grsecurity.net">grsecurity</uri>), together with |
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-stability/security-enhancements. Like <c>gentoo-sources</c> it comes in 2.6 |
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-and 2.4 versions. Check <uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for |
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-more information. |
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+<c>hardened-sources</c> is based on the official Linux kernel and is targeted at |
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+our users running Gentoo on server systems. It provides patches for the various |
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+subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for <uri |
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+link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and <uri |
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+link="http://grsecurity.net">grsecurity</uri>), together with |
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+stability/security-enhancements. Check |
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+<uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for more information. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-<c>rsbac-sources</c> contains patches to use Rule Set Based Access Controls |
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-(<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>) and comes in 2.4 and 2.6 |
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-flavours. It is maintained by the <uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC |
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-project</uri>, a sub-project of Gentoo Hardened. |
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+<c>rsbac-sources</c> is a 2.6-based kernel. It contains patches to use Rule Set |
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+Based Access Controls (<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>). It is |
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+maintained by the <uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC project</uri>, a |
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+sub-project of Gentoo Hardened. |
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</p> |
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<impo> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found |
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-under this package: 2.4 and 2.6. |
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+Two versions of the kernel can be found under this package: 2.4 and 2.6. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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