[RETRY #2] Web100 kernel patch on fedora stock kernels
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at redhat.com
Wed Oct 12 23:41:03 UTC 2005
Dave Jones wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
>
> > >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.
> >
> > Is there some way to tell for each patch where it came from and what it's
> > status is upstream? Like a kernel.org bugzilla entry (or whatever they
> > use). How does the kernel maintainer know when it's time to pull a patch
> > out of the RPM?
>
>It's usually time to pull it when it no longer applies to the latest upstream :-)
>The actual patchfiles contain info at the top of the file (or at least a
>pointer to the bugzilla they're fixing) in most cases, though some of the
>'legacy' patches don't have any description yet.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
It would be useful to add description to those legacy patches too and
maintain the current status in a URL and kill the Fedora kernels are
heavily patched myth while providing technically capable or merely
curious users more information on the patches.
regards
Rahil
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