Types of Kernel
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Thu Jul 6 18:46:31 UTC 2006
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:57:28AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:49:51PM +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> > A vanilla kernel is what you can download from kernel.org.
> > Kernels used in Linux distributions typically contain
> > modifications (bugfixes, experimental features...).
>
> The mantra for Fedora is "upstream, upstream, upstream". So, the Fedora
> kernel attempts to be as close to "vanilla" as reasonably possible. In the
> old days, it was coconut almont fudge ripple with marshmallow swirls and
> caramel topping; now it's more chocolate chip. :)
Though, Xen does add an additional flavouring, more prominent in some
parts of the kernel than others. FC5 is probably the most we've deviated
away from mainline since FC1.
Dave
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