Question: Linux kernel releases and Fedora kernel RPMs...
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
Wed Apr 14 19:21:21 UTC 2004
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> What I have found is that you can take the redhat kernel config, get
> vanilla kernel source, and run "make oldconfig" using the new kernel
> source - and be just fine.
You've done that successfully with Red Hat 9 or Fedora Core 1? I
thought at least two things would break:
1. NTPL, not patched into the vanilla 2.4 tree, afaik
2. The O_DIRECT patch/hack that allows rpm (actually, the underlying
Berkeley DB) to work correctly.
-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>
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