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Carsten Milling wrote: |
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> I was wondering what's the current status of the various kernel source |
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> packages for ppc. The most recent (unstable ) version of |
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> ppc-development-sources is 2.6.5_rc2-r1 while gentoo-dev-sources has |
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> 2.6.5-r1 marked stable for ppc and development-sources even has stable |
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> 2.6.6_rc1. |
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Then benh tree is outdated because he now commits directly to the |
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mainline, the ppc-development-sources originally was just the 2.6 benh |
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tree + minor patches (gcloop) |
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> So, which is the best package to stay up-to-date with the 2.6 kernel |
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> series? What's the difference between ppc-development-sources and |
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> gentoo-dev-sources? |
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gentoo-dev-sources is mainline+many useful patches. |
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ppc-development-sources is benh tree+minor things (gcloop) |
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> I checked the Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide at |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml but it seems a little |
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> outdated. Is there any other documentation of the kernel choices |
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> available for ppc? |
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Not sure, anyway I suggest you to use the development-sources or the |
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gentoo-dev-sources. |
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> Regards, |
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> Carsten Milling |
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Luca Barbato |
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