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it seems gentooppc-user and gentooppc-dev are not included in the To |
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field when Daniel et al post announcements .. for the moment i'll fwd |
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to the list (i have emailed asking that ppc be added) |
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best |
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cal |
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----- Forwarded message from Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> ----- |
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> Date: 23 Apr 2002 09:05:32 -0600 |
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> From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-user@g.o |
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> To: gentoo-announce@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o, |
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> gentoo-user@g.o, gentoo-core@g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-user] New sys-kernel tree layout |
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> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 |
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> Hi all, |
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> We now have a new arrangement in Portage's sys-kernel tree. |
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> sys-kernel/linux-sources no longer exists, and has been replaced with |
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> the following consistently-named selection of kernel source packages: |
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> |
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> gentoo-sources: |
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> |
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> The gentoo-sources ebuild is our replacement for our previous |
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> linux-sources ebuild. It contains a "custom" Gentoo Linux kernel source |
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> tree, optimized for server performance and desktop responsiveness. We |
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> try to ensure that this kernel is very fast and stable and we recommend |
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> this kernel for most people. However, XFS support is no longer included |
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> in this kernel. If you use XFS, use sys-kernel/xfs-sources. |
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> |
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> vanilla-sources: |
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> |
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> The vanilla-sources ebuild installs a "mainline" kernel source tree, |
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> giving you the exact same thing as if you downloaded a stock kernel from |
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> kernel.org. It will be handy for those who use stock kernel source tree |
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> -- now you can merge this kernel, and have a kernel source tree |
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> installed to /usr/src automatically. |
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> |
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> usermode-sources: |
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> |
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> This usermode-sources ebuild installs mainline sources that have been |
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> patched to support user-mode Linux (a special technology that allows you |
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> to run "Linux inside Linux.") |
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> |
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> xfs-sources: |
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> |
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> The xfs-sources ebuild installs sources that support XFS; specifically, |
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> this ebuild contains a CVS snapshot of SGI's own XFS source tree. In |
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> the future, we may add other minor (and stable) performance-enhancing |
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> patches as well. We've found that using a SGI XFS CVS shapshot is the |
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> best way to go if you're going to use the XFS filesystem. If any of |
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> your Gentoo Linux filesystems are XFS, then, you'll need to use this |
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> kernel. |
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> |
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> openmosix-sources: |
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> |
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> The openmosix-sources ebuild installs a kernel source tree that has been |
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> specially patched with support for the GPL openMosix clustering and |
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> load- balancing technology. For more info, see |
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> http://www.openmosix.com. |
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> |
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> I hope you find the new layout more intuitive. All ebuilds work |
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> similarly and will install a kernel source tree to a directory inside |
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> /usr/src and will set the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to this |
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> directory. We also plan to add a greater selection of kernels in the |
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> future -- even customized kernels from other distributions like Mandrake |
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> and Red Hat. |
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> |
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> Best Regards, |
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