kernel source code

[William Beebe]

I like Fedora for many reasons, not the least of which is I can pull a
stock kernel off kernel.org, build it, and boot it, with FC3. With
nothing more than the normal download-unpack-and-make dance I can run
with the bleeding edge (or the latest fixes, depending on your point
of view).

Having said that I support the current change to how sources are
supplied as long as this state of affairs continues. I look at my
experiences with my other distro here at home, SuSE 9.1. With SuSE I
have had the devil's own time learning how to build a stock kernel
that will boot with SuSE. For the longest it would stop after
unpacking the kernel and right before booting the root device, saying
it couldn't find the bloody thing. So if for some reason FC starts to
behave like SuSE with regards to stock kernels, well, I don't what
I'll do. Cry into my beer, I guess. And go buy a Mac.

As a satisfied customer all I ask is please fix what you break before
I find out about it :)

Thanks for everything.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:33:31 -0500, Paul Iadonisi <pri.rhl3 at iadonisi.to> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:51 +0000, not disclosed wrote:
> > I am signing out of this thread - I have the distinct feeling that the
> 
>   Yet another hit-and-run, flame-throwing posters.  For starters, go
> read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.  Then, examine
> your own attitude in the tone of your posts.
>   From what I can tell, the respondents to this thread have been plenty
> accommodating, especially given the NUMEROUS times this has been
> discussed.
>   The basic answer is that if you *do* need the kernel source to build
> kernel modules, then the build process for that module is broken.  There
> has certainly been disagreement on this list about the best way to
> provide a build environment for kernel modules, but I believe the latest
> incarnation of that (kernel-devel to match each kernel) meets the needs
> that many have discussed on this list in the past.
>   As you've noticed, you're not going to find much support for restoring
> the old, broken way of doing things.  Such is life.  Fedora Core isn't
> for everyone.  If another distribution meets your needs better, by all
> means, use it.
> 
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> -Paul Iadonisi
>  Senior System Administrator
>  Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist
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