[RETRY #2] Web100 kernel patch on fedora stock kernels

[Rahul Sundaram]

Angelo wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
>
>> Try netdev at oss.sgi.com. Fedora tracks the base kernel.
>>
> i'll try.. i hoped that it could be inserted in the long list of 
> already added patches to the vanilla kernel
>
> regards,
> Angelo

If you look at the existing patches generally do not add new features 
but contain bug fixes in order to fix the problem sooner and usually are 
later merged into the upstream kernel. In general, working with the 
upstream projects would mean that there is better integration, testing 
and review within the projects and less deviation and maintenance issues 
at the distribution level.  If the patch list in the kernel is long then 
we need to work on fixing that rather than use it as a justification to 
make it even worse.

regards
Rahul