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nightmorph 06/11/30 20:08:34 |
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Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml |
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Log: |
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vanilla-sources is now unsupported, moved/changed 2.4 kernel info, all by request of Daniel Drake (dsd) on IRC |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.45 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=1.45&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.45&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.44&r2=1.45 |
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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 1.44 |
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retrieving revision 1.45 |
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diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45 |
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--- gentoo-kernel.xml 29 Nov 2006 15:48:57 -0000 1.44 |
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+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 30 Nov 2006 20:08:34 -0000 1.45 |
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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 1.44 2006/11/29 15:48:57 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.45 2006/11/30 20:08:34 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>1.14</version> |
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-<date>2006-07-04</date> |
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+<version>1.15</version> |
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+<date>2006-11-30</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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sources we make available to you. |
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</p> |
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+<p> |
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+Some of the more uncommon system architectures are not fully compatible with |
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+Linux 2.6, and some users prefer the tried-and-tested Linux 2.4 kernel. However, |
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+please note that Linux 2.4 is currently not being developed further - only bug |
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+and security fixes are being included in the newer releases. If you are able to, |
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+we suggest that you upgrade to Linux 2.6. You may find the <uri |
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+link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">migration document</uri> useful. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, with various kernel |
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-patches included to fix security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase |
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-compatibility with the more uncommon system architectures. Linux 2.6 is |
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-the current official stable kernel tree, and development is progressing |
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-rapidly. For highest performance, best hardware support, and its large |
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-new feature set, we recommend 2.6 over its older 2.4 counterpart. |
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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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<p> |
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-Some of the more uncommon system architectures are not fully compatible with |
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-Linux 2.6, and some users prefer to the tried-and-tested Linux 2.4 kernel; |
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-for this reason we provide <c>gentoo-sources</c> (the 2.4 version). The |
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-patches included in this kernel are similar to those included in its 2.6 |
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-counterpart, plus a number of patches designed to add functionality and |
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-improve performance. Linux 2.4 is currently not being developed further - only |
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-bug and security fixes are being included in the newer releases. If you are |
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-able to, we suggest that you upgrade to Linux 2.6. You may find the |
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-<uri link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">migration document</uri> useful. |
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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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</p> |
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<p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>Plain kernels: vanilla-sources</title> |
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-<body> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-The next kernel sources that many of you will probably be familiar with |
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-as Linux users are the <c>vanilla-sources</c>. These are the official kernel |
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-sources released on <uri>http://www.kernel.org/</uri>. Please note that we do |
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-not patch these kernels at all - these are purely for people who wish to run |
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-a completely unmodified Linux kernel. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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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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-</p> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-Linux 2.4 is maintained by Marcelo Tosatti. Linus Torvalds, the original |
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-creator of Linux, handed maintainership of the Linux 2.4 branch over to |
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-Marcelo when Linus went off to start developing the newer 2.6 kernel tree. |
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-Marcelo has done a fine job of keeping 2.4 stable and secure, and is now |
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-only accepting security and bug fixes into the 2.4 kernel tree. Actual |
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-development happens in the Linux 2.6 kernel tree. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-Linux 2.6 is maintained by Andrew Morton, who works closely with Linus |
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-Torvalds to deliver a fast, powerful, and feature-packed Linux kernel. |
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-Development is happening at incredible pace and this kernel tree is now very |
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-mature. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-</body> |
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-</section> |
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- |
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-<section> |
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<title>For servers: hardened-sources and rsbac-sources</title> |
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<body> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>vanilla-sources</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+The next kernel sources that many of you will probably be familiar with as Linux |
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+users are the <c>vanilla-sources</c>. These are the official kernel sources |
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+released on <uri>http://www.kernel.org/</uri>. Please note that we do not patch |
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+these kernels at all - these are purely for people who wish to run a completely |
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+unmodified Linux kernel. We recommend that you use <c>gentoo-sources</c> |
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+instead. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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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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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Linux 2.4 is maintained by Marcelo Tosatti. Linus Torvalds, the original |
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+creator of Linux, handed maintainership of the Linux 2.4 branch over to |
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+Marcelo when Linus went off to start developing the newer 2.6 kernel tree. |
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+Marcelo has done a fine job of keeping 2.4 stable and secure, and is now |
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+only accepting security and bug fixes into the 2.4 kernel tree. Actual |
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+development happens in the Linux 2.6 kernel tree. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Linux 2.6 is maintained by Andrew Morton, who works closely with Linus |
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+Torvalds to deliver a fast, powerful, and feature-packed Linux kernel. |
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+Development is happening at incredible pace and this kernel tree is now very |
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+mature. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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</chapter> |
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