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commit 11924366d7e38827b7cfdcde3c0272534b68aec1
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
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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-
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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-<version>.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-<version></programlisting>
+ <para>
+ If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to <ulink
url="http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges.">http://wik...
A short and full diff of the kernel is available from <ulink
url="http://kernel.org/git.">http://kernel.org/git.</ulin... 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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