FC3 Kernel vs...

[John Burton]

Greetings wise ones!

So far, I've been faithfully using the kernels supplied by the FC3 
repositories (2.6.9-1.681_FC3, etc). In a couple of messages I've seen 
suggestions for getting a kernel from another source (linuxant?) to 
improve MySQL performance, and on another mailing list (win4lin) get the 
kernel sources from kernel.org, apply win4lin patches and compile your 
own kernel. Obviously there are differences, and obviously the fedora 
folks have added stuff to the kernel. I've read through the kernel.spec 
file and seen the list of patches to be applied (and backing out 
patches), but I still have the question, what does the "official" FC3 
kernel have that the latest 2.6.9 kernel from kernel.org doesn't have, 
or vice versa? Is there a list or comparison of the kernels anywhere? I 
would like to have win4lin working, but what would I lose/gain by using 
the latest generic kernel from kernel.org?

John