Kernel snapshots and kernel versions

[Phil Meyer]

Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I this video:
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1742374580386548257&q=andrew+morton+linux+kernel&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
>
> Andrew Morton talks about some aspects of the linux kernel. Near the
> end of the video, he talks about how to contribute and he says that
> both Fedora and Open Suse provide -linus snapshots of the kernel.
>
> I couldn't find this snapshots. Could any of you point me to the proper place?
>
> My second question is: How far are the Fedora kernels from the
> equivalent Vanilla ones? Andrew says it's okay to use Fedora/Open Suse
> kernels to report problems. Does this means that these kernels are
> very close to the vanilla version?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>   

Install the rpmdevtools.

Install the kernel src rpm.

Go to ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES and examine the MANY kernel patches there.  How 
many are from Red Had/Fedora guys?

That is what he means.

Of the 408 patch files I have, 94 have contributions from RedHat.

Those patch files are the difference between the main line kernel and 
the Fedora kernel.  There is not a quick way (that I know of) for you or 
I to check on how many of these patches are headed upstream, or have 
come down from upstream.

Cheers!