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On Monday 29 December 2008 01:06:59 Dale wrote: |
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> > I'm not that much of a cynic though. Instead I'll recommend you find a |
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> > set of desktop patches that work well and roll a kernel from those. The |
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> > kernel devs are mostly paid by organizations that have a vested interest |
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> > in having Linux work fabulously on big iron, so that's where the focus |
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> > will tend to go. |
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> > This is opensource, where you get to bash the code into any shape you |
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> > need to get it to suit your needs :-) I myself don't need desktop patches |
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> > (yet), but if I did, I would probably first look at the patches the |
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> > Ubuntu kernel devs apply, followed by fedora |
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> I use the Gentoo sources so why don't they patch them? I've tried |
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> patching kernels before and it didn't work to well. |
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You'll have to ask the gentoo devs why they apply the patches they do. After |
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all, not every patch set out there will suit their goals and purposes. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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