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From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:55:07
Message-Id: 20100906055500.8058E20051@flycatcher.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 10/09/06 05:55:00
2
3 Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
4 Log:
5 add xen-sources to the list of kernels, shuffle around the list of kernels supported by the Kernel team
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.62 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.62&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.62&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.61&r2=1.62
13
14 Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.61
18 retrieving revision 1.62
19 diff -u -r1.61 -r1.62
20 --- gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:03:31 -0000 1.61
21 +++ gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:55:00 -0000 1.62
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.61 2010/09/06 05:03:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.62 2010/09/06 05:55:00 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide>
29 <title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
30 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
31 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
32 <license/>
33
34 -<version>2</version>
35 +<version>3</version>
36 <date>2010-09-05</date>
37
38 <chapter>
39 @@ -151,65 +151,83 @@
40 </body>
41 </section>
42 <section>
43 -<title>Architecture dependent kernels</title>
44 +<title>ck-sources</title>
45 <body>
46
47 <p>
48 -<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sparc-sources</c>, and
49 -<c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched to run best on specific
50 -architectures. They also contain some of the patches for hardware and features
51 -support from the other patch sets mentioned above and below.
52 +<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
53 +designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
54 +for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
55 +different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
56 +when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
57 +<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
58 </p>
59
60 </body>
61 </section>
62 -</chapter>
63 +<section>
64 +<title>git-sources</title>
65 +<body>
66
67 -<chapter>
68 -<title>Unsupported kernel packages</title>
69 +<p>
70 +The <c>git-sources</c> package tracks daily snapshots of the upstream
71 +development kernel tree. You should run these kernels if you are interested in
72 +kernel development or testing. Bugreports should go to the <uri
73 +link="http://bugzilla.kernel.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML
74 +(Linux Kernel Mailing List).
75 +</p>
76 +
77 +</body>
78 +</section>
79 <section>
80 +<title>xen-sources</title>
81 <body>
82
83 <p>
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>. Let's 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 +<c>xen-sources</c> lets you run multiple operating systems on a single physical
90 +system. You can create virtual environments in which one or more guest operating
91 +systems run on a <uri link="http://www.xensource.com">Xen</uri>-powered host
92 +operating system.
93 +</p>
94 +
95 +<p>
96 +For more information on Xen and Gentoo, read the <uri
97 +link="/doc/en/xen-guide.xml">Gentoo Xen Guide</uri>.
98 </p>
99
100 </body>
101 </section>
102 <section>
103 -<title>ck-sources</title>
104 +<title>Architecture dependent kernels</title>
105 <body>
106
107 <p>
108 -<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
109 -designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
110 -for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
111 -different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
112 -when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
113 -<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
114 +<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sparc-sources</c>, and
115 +<c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched to run best on specific
116 +architectures. They also contain some of the patches for hardware and features
117 +support from the other patch sets mentioned above and below.
118 </p>
119
120 </body>
121 </section>
122 +</chapter>
123
124 +<chapter>
125 +<title>Unsupported kernel packages</title>
126 <section>
127 -<title>git-sources</title>
128 <body>
129
130 <p>
131 -The <c>git-sources</c> package tracks daily snapshots of the upstream
132 -development kernel tree. You should run these kernels if you are interested in
133 -kernel development or testing. Bugreports should go to the <uri
134 -link="http://bugzilla.kernel.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML
135 -(Linux Kernel Mailing List).
136 +Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
137 +<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
138 +<c>emerge -s sources</c>. Let's take them in alphabetical order. These
139 +kernels are provided as a courtesy only and the various patch sets are not
140 +supported by the Gentoo kernel team.
141 </p>
142
143 </body>
144 </section>
145 +
146 <section>
147 <title>mm-sources</title>
148 <body>