Custom kernel warning

Richard Conway fedora at rconway.co.uk
Mon May 3 09:42:39 UTC 2004


Thanks for the info. I'll check the rpm for more details.
Would you say it's unsafe to use the un-patched kernel?

Richard.

On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 19:53, Tommy Reynolds wrote:
> Uttered Richard Conway <fedora at rconway.co.uk>, spake thus:
> 
> > "You are running kernel-2.4.26.rac, but it is not installed in RPM
> > format. It is highly recommended that you run the official Red Hat Linux
> > kernels. By running a custom kernel, you will miss out on any security
> > fixes and functionality enhancements provided by Red Hat Linux, and your
> > configuration is unsupported. "
> 
> The "kernel-<version>.src.rpm" lists each and every patch that RH
> applies to the pristine kernel sources.  Use the Source, Luke.
>  
> > How do I find out what these security fixes etc. are? Are these fixes
> > not fed back into the main kernel branch?
> 
> The fixes do get offered to Linus but he is under absolutely _no_
> obligation to accept them.
> 
> Nor is there any guarantee of a schedule when a patch gets accepted.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
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