From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263166AbTKPSiw (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:38:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263172AbTKPSiw (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:38:52 -0500 Received: from h80ad26be.async.vt.edu ([128.173.38.190]:46476 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263166AbTKPSiu (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:38:50 -0500 Message-Id: <200311161838.hAGIciLa030513@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Stephan von Krawczynski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Debian Kernels was: 2.6.0test9 Reiserfs boot time "buffer layer error at fs/buffer.c:431" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:40:12 +0100." <20031116184012.5d9f4c12.skraw@ithnet.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20031029141931.6c4ebdb5.akpm@osdl.org> <20031101233354.1f566c80.akpm@osdl.org> <20031102092723.GA4964@gondor.apana.org.au> <20031102014011.09001c81.akpm@osdl.org> <20031116130558.GB199@elf.ucw.cz> <20031116170509.GB201@elf.ucw.cz> <200311161727.hAGHRbLa028984@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20031116184012.5d9f4c12.skraw@ithnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_2104043516P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:38:44 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_2104043516P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:40:12 +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski said: > There is quite a simple difference in -XX kernel and a distro-patch. People > have to actively decide to use some patched kernel for whatever their reason > may be. A distro on the other hand floods the average user with patched > versions _without_ the users' active decision. Take it the other direction - people *also* actively choose a distro based on some reason (to be honest, a major reason I ended up in RedHat/Fedora rather than some other Linux distro or even a *bsd was because at the time I needed a *nix with an X server that supported the i810 chipset, they were the only ones shipping one pre-built). On the flip side, I freely admit that the vast majority of things Andrew puts in his kernel basically get flooded to me, because installing the entire -mm patch is a lot easier than installing half of it.... --==_Exmh_2104043516P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/t8Q0cC3lWbTT17ARAoOMAJ9TcbzE4CqLbqgcxlL0AXcLUsBahgCg/pHH ruheD2qPuGHFgWo8PcGMJuU= =dhHM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_2104043516P--