en-US/Kernel.xml
John J. McDonough
jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Thu Apr 22 01:18:25 UTC 2010
en-US/Kernel.xml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
New commits:
commit 23e8534b3b48fa8a19b5e842e609b9c900ba6ef5
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date: Wed Apr 21 21:15:18 2010 -0400
Beat changes 10 Apr
diff --git a/en-US/Kernel.xml b/en-US/Kernel.xml
index 8363cfb..7aebdb4 100644
--- a/en-US/Kernel.xml
+++ b/en-US/Kernel.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,39 @@
To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command:
</para>
<programlisting>rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version></programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ Note that this list has entries about upstream
+ kernel changes applied to the package as well as
+ Fedora-specific enhancements such as bug fixes and
+ enhancements not yet available in the upstream
+ kernel. A detailed summary of changes in each
+ upstream version is at <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-<version>"
+ />, e.g. the changelog for kernel 2.6.33 is at
+ <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33"
+ />.
+ </para>
+
<para>
If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to <ulink url="http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges.">http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges.</ulink> A short and full diff of the kernel is available from <ulink url="http://kernel.org/git.">http://kernel.org/git.</ulink> The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you need user friendly documentation about new
+ features in a major upstream kernel release, refer
+ to <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges" />.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A complete history of changes to the kernel is
+ available from <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=summary"
+ />.
+ </para>
+
<para>
Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from <ulink url="http://cvs.fedoraproject.org.">http://cvs.fedoraproject.org.</ulink>
</para>
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