en-US/Kernel.xml

[Paul Frields]

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commit 11924366d7e38827b7cfdcde3c0272534b68aec1
Author: Paul W. Frields 
Date:   Wed Mar 17 21:43:00 2010 -0400

Kernel beat

diff --git a/en-US/Kernel.xml b/en-US/Kernel.xml
index 653c4fe..ca43e5d 100644
--- a/en-US/Kernel.xml
+++ b/en-US/Kernel.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,32 @@
    <para>
    	This section covers changes and important information regarding the &KERNEL;-based kernel in Fedora &PRODVER;.
    </para>
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+	<para>
+		Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason, the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the so-called vanilla kernel from the kernel.org web site at <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org.">http://www.kernel.org.</ulink>
+	</para>
+	<para>
+		To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package and run the following command:
+	</para>
+	<programlisting>rpm -qpl kernel-&lt;version&gt;.src.rpm</programlisting>
+	<section>
+		<title>Changelog</title>
+		<para>
+			To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command:
+		</para>
+		<programlisting>rpm -q --changelog kernel-&lt;version&gt;</programlisting>
+		<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>
+			Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from <ulink url="http://cvs.fedoraproject.org.">http://cvs.fedoraproject.org.</ulink>
+		</para>
+	</section>
+	<section>
+		<title>Preparing for Kernel Development </title>
+		<para>
+			Fedora 13 does not include the <package>kernel-source</package> package provided by older versions, since only the <package>kernel-devel</package> package is required now to build external modules.
+		</para>
+	</section>
    <section id="sect-Release_Notes-Linux_Kernel-Reporting_Bugs">
    	<title>Reporting Bugs</title>
    	<para>
@@ -19,5 +42,3 @@
    </section>

</section>
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