* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2012-12-31 8:19 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2012-12-31 8:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 12/12/31 08:19:10
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
cell-sources has been removed from portage. added new section on architecture dependent kernels, move cell-sources reference to this area. as other hardware-specific kernels are retired, we can put 'em here. (xbox-sources, mips-sources, etc.)
Revision Changes Path
1.66 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.66&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.66&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.65&r2=1.66
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.65
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -r1.65 -r1.66
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 18 Jun 2012 22:40:15 -0000 1.65
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 31 Dec 2012 08:19:10 -0000 1.66
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.65 2012/06/18 22:40:15 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.66 2012/12/31 08:19:10 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>6</version>
-<date>2012-06-18</date>
+<version>7</version>
+<date>2012-12-31</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@
<body>
<p>
-<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, and <c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their
-names suggest, patched to run best on specific architectures. They also contain
-some of the patches for hardware and features support from the other patch sets
-mentioned above and below.
+<c>mips-sources</c> and <c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched
+to run best on specific architectures. They also contain some of the patches for
+hardware and features support from the other patch sets mentioned above and
+below.
</p>
</body>
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>Architecture dependent kernels</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>cell-sources</c> was a 2.6 kernel designed to run on the Sony PlayStation 3
+game console.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>development-sources</title>
<body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2012-05-27 7:36 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2012-05-27 7:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 12/05/27 07:36:06
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
zen-sources is being removed from portage; moved to previous kernels section. also kicked out old 2.4/2.6 kernel info no longer relevant to the default 3.x kernels used/supported everywhere.
Revision Changes Path
1.64 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.64&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.64&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.63
retrieving revision 1.64
diff -u -r1.63 -r1.64
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 27 Apr 2012 04:58:55 -0000 1.63
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 27 May 2012 07:36:05 -0000 1.64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.63 2012/04/27 04:58:55 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.64 2012/05/27 07:36:05 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>4</version>
-<date>2012-04-26</date>
+<version>5</version>
+<date>2012-05-27</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -60,31 +60,6 @@
sources we make available to you.
</p>
-<p>
-Linux 2.4 is maintained by Willy Tarreau. Linus Torvalds, the original creator
-of Linux, handed maintainership of the Linux 2.4 branch over to Marcelo Tosatti
-when Linus went off to start developing the newer 2.6 kernel tree. Marcelo did a
-fine job of keeping 2.4 stable and secure, and has since handed over
-maintainership to Willy. Note that only security and bug fixes are accepted into
-the 2.4 kernel tree. Actual development happens in the Linux 2.6 kernel tree.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Linux 2.6 is maintained by Andrew Morton, who works closely with Linus
-Torvalds to deliver a fast, powerful, and feature-packed Linux kernel.
-Development is happening at incredible pace and this kernel tree is now very
-mature.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Some of the more uncommon system architectures are not fully compatible with
-Linux 2.6, and some users prefer the tried-and-tested Linux 2.4 kernel. However,
-please note that Linux 2.4 is currently not being developed further - only bug
-and security fixes are being included in the newer releases. If you are able to,
-we suggest that you upgrade to Linux 2.6. You may find the <uri
-link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">migration document</uri> useful.
-</p>
-
</body>
</section>
</chapter>
@@ -114,7 +89,7 @@
<p>
For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel.
-<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, lightly patched to fix
+<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 3.x, lightly patched to fix
security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase compatibility with the more
uncommon system architectures.
</p>
@@ -309,19 +284,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Two versions of the kernel can be found under this package: 2.4 and 2.6.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</section>
-<section>
-<title>zen-sources</title>
-<body>
-
-<p>
-<c>zen-sources</c> is designed for desktop systems. It includes code not found
-in the mainline kernel. The zen kernel has patches that add new features,
-support additional hardware, and contain various tweaks for desktops.
+Two versions of the kernel can be found under this package: 2.6 and 3.x.
</p>
</body>
@@ -504,5 +467,17 @@
</body>
</section>
+<section>
+<title>zen-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>zen-sources</c> was designed for desktop systems. It included code not found
+in the mainline kernel. The zen kernel had patches that added new features,
+supported additional hardware, and contained various tweaks for desktops.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
</chapter>
</guide>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2012-04-27 4:58 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2012-04-27 4:58 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 12/04/27 04:58:55
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
mm-sources has been last-rited; move to the old kernels chapter
Revision Changes Path
1.63 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.63&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.63&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.62&r2=1.63
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.62
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -r1.62 -r1.63
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:55:00 -0000 1.62
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 27 Apr 2012 04:58:55 -0000 1.63
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.62 2010/09/06 05:55:00 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.63 2012/04/27 04:58:55 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>3</version>
-<date>2010-09-05</date>
+<version>4</version>
+<date>2012-04-26</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -227,29 +227,6 @@
</body>
</section>
-
-<section>
-<title>mm-sources</title>
-<body>
-
-<p>
-The <c>mm-sources</c> are based on the <c>vanilla-sources</c> and contain
-Andrew Morton's patch set. They include the experimental and bleeding-edge
-features that are going to be included in the official kernel (or that are
-going to be rejected because they set your box on fire). They are known to be
-always moving at a fast pace and can change radically from one week to the
-other; kernel hackers use them as a testing ground for new stuff.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-If you really want to live on the edge and you think
-<c>vanilla-sources</c> are for wussies, then try out
-<c>mm-sources</c>. Be warned that this kernel is highly experimental and
-doesn't always work as expected.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</section>
<section>
<title>pf-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -438,6 +415,22 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>mm-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+The <c>mm-sources</c> were based on the <c>vanilla-sources</c> and contained
+Andrew Morton's patch set. They includde the experimental and bleeding-edge
+features that were going to be included in the official kernel (or that were
+going to be rejected because they set your box on fire). They were known to be
+always moving at a fast pace and can change radically from one week to the
+other; kernel hackers used them as a testing ground for highly experimental new
+stuff.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>rsbac-dev-sources</title>
<body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2010-09-06 5:55 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2010-09-06 5:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 10/09/06 05:55:00
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
add xen-sources to the list of kernels, shuffle around the list of kernels supported by the Kernel team
Revision Changes Path
1.62 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.62&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.62&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.61&r2=1.62
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.61
retrieving revision 1.62
diff -u -r1.61 -r1.62
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:03:31 -0000 1.61
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:55:00 -0000 1.62
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.61 2010/09/06 05:03:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.62 2010/09/06 05:55:00 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>2</version>
+<version>3</version>
<date>2010-09-05</date>
<chapter>
@@ -151,65 +151,83 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>Architecture dependent kernels</title>
+<title>ck-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sparc-sources</c>, and
-<c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched to run best on specific
-architectures. They also contain some of the patches for hardware and features
-support from the other patch sets mentioned above and below.
+<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
+designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
+for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
+different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
+when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
+<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
</p>
</body>
</section>
-</chapter>
+<section>
+<title>git-sources</title>
+<body>
-<chapter>
-<title>Unsupported kernel packages</title>
+<p>
+The <c>git-sources</c> package tracks daily snapshots of the upstream
+development kernel tree. You should run these kernels if you are interested in
+kernel development or testing. Bugreports should go to the <uri
+link="http://bugzilla.kernel.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML
+(Linux Kernel Mailing List).
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
<section>
+<title>xen-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
-<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
-<c>emerge -s sources</c>. Let's take them in alphabetical order. These
-kernels are provided as a courtesy only and the various patch sets are not
-supported by the Gentoo team.
+<c>xen-sources</c> lets you run multiple operating systems on a single physical
+system. You can create virtual environments in which one or more guest operating
+systems run on a <uri link="http://www.xensource.com">Xen</uri>-powered host
+operating system.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For more information on Xen and Gentoo, read the <uri
+link="/doc/en/xen-guide.xml">Gentoo Xen Guide</uri>.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>ck-sources</title>
+<title>Architecture dependent kernels</title>
<body>
<p>
-<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
-designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
-for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
-different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
-when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
-<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
+<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sparc-sources</c>, and
+<c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched to run best on specific
+architectures. They also contain some of the patches for hardware and features
+support from the other patch sets mentioned above and below.
</p>
</body>
</section>
+</chapter>
+<chapter>
+<title>Unsupported kernel packages</title>
<section>
-<title>git-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-The <c>git-sources</c> package tracks daily snapshots of the upstream
-development kernel tree. You should run these kernels if you are interested in
-kernel development or testing. Bugreports should go to the <uri
-link="http://bugzilla.kernel.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML
-(Linux Kernel Mailing List).
+Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
+<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
+<c>emerge -s sources</c>. Let's take them in alphabetical order. These
+kernels are provided as a courtesy only and the various patch sets are not
+supported by the Gentoo kernel team.
</p>
</body>
</section>
+
<section>
<title>mm-sources</title>
<body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2010-09-06 5:03 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2010-09-06 5:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 10/09/06 05:03:32
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
Add pf-sources, clean up ck-sources location
Revision Changes Path
1.61 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.61&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.61&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.60&r2=1.61
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.60
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -u -r1.60 -r1.61
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 18 Apr 2010 04:48:53 -0000 1.60
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 6 Sep 2010 05:03:31 -0000 1.61
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.60 2010/04/18 04:48:53 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.61 2010/09/06 05:03:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.25</version>
-<date>2010-04-17</date>
+<version>2</version>
+<date>2010-09-05</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>ck-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
+designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
+for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
+different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
+when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
+<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+
+<section>
<title>git-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -217,6 +233,22 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>pf-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+The <c>pf-sources</c> kernel brings together parts of several different kernel
+patches. It includes the BFS patchset from <c>ck-sources</c>, the
+<c>tuxonice</c> patches, <uri link="http://www.linuximq.net">LinuxIMQ</uri>, and
+the <uri
+link="http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/">BFQ</uri> I/O
+<uri
+link="http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Budget_Fair_Queuing_IO_Scheduler">scheduler</uri>.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>openvz-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -299,21 +331,6 @@
</body>
</section>
-<section>
-<title>ck-sources</title>
-<body>
-
-<p>
-<c>ck-sources</c> is Con Kolivas's kernel patch set. This patchset is primarily
-designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity and is configurable
-for varying workloads (from servers to desktops). The patchset includes a
-different scheduler, BFS, designed to keep systems responsive and smooth even
-when under heavy load. Support and information is available at
-<uri>http://kernel.kolivas.org</uri> and in <c>#ck</c> on <c>irc.oftc.net</c>.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</section>
</chapter>
<chapter>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2010-04-18 4:48 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2010-04-18 4:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 10/04/18 04:48:55
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
Will wonders never cease. ck-sources is back in the tree. I discovered this after reading the front page of g.o, so I added them back to the list.
Revision Changes Path
1.60 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.60&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.60&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.59&r2=1.60
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.59
retrieving revision 1.60
diff -u -r1.59 -r1.60
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 18 Apr 2010 04:30:46 -0000 1.59
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 18 Apr 2010 04:48:53 -0000 1.60
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.59 2010/04/18 04:30:46 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.60 2010/04/18 04:48:53 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
<p>
Now I'm going to try to briefly describe some of the other
<path>sys-kernel/*-sources</path> which you saw scroll by when you ran
-<c>emerge -s sources</c>. Lets take them in alphabetical order. These
+<c>emerge -s sources</c>. Let's take them in alphabetical order. These
kernels are provided as a courtesy only and the various patch sets are not
supported by the Gentoo team.
</p>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2009-12-26 14:12 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-12-26 14:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 09/12/26 14:12:59
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
add zen-sources minus the marketing fluff, prompted by an email to gentoo-core
Revision Changes Path
1.58 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.58&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.58&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.57&r2=1.58
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -r1.57 -r1.58
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 23 Oct 2009 05:37:14 -0000 1.57
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 26 Dec 2009 14:12:58 -0000 1.58
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.57 2009/10/23 05:37:14 nightmorph Exp $ -->
-
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.58 2009/12/26 14:12:58 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
+
+<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide</title>
+
<author title="Author">
<mail link="swift@gentoo.org">Sven Vermeulen</mail>
</author>
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
<license/>
<version>1.24</version>
-<date>2009-10-22</date>
+<date>2009-12-26</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -286,6 +287,18 @@
</body>
</section>
+<section>
+<title>zen-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>zen-sources</c> is designed for desktop systems. It includes code not found
+in the mainline kernel. The zen kernel has patches that add new features,
+support additional hardware, and contain various tweaks for desktops.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
</chapter>
<chapter>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2009-10-23 5:37 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-10-23 5:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 09/10/23 05:37:15
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
sh-sources is being removed, see armin76's email to the -dev ML
Revision Changes Path
1.57 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.57&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.57&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.56&r2=1.57
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.56
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 16 Oct 2009 11:53:34 -0000 1.56
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 23 Oct 2009 05:37:14 -0000 1.57
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.56 2009/10/16 11:53:34 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.57 2009/10/23 05:37:14 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.23</version>
-<date>2009-10-16</date>
+<version>1.24</version>
+<date>2009-10-22</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -154,11 +154,10 @@
<body>
<p>
-<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sh-sources</c>,
-<c>sparc-sources</c>, and <c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest,
-patched to run best on specific architectures. They also contain some of the
-patches for hardware and features support from the other patch sets mentioned
-above and below.
+<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sparc-sources</c>, and
+<c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest, patched to run best on specific
+architectures. They also contain some of the patches for hardware and features
+support from the other patch sets mentioned above and below.
</p>
</body>
@@ -428,6 +427,19 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>sh-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>sh-sources</c> was a 2.6 kernel with patches applied to improve hardware
+compatibility for the SuperH architecture. These patches have been developed
+and included in the mainline kernel. SuperH users can now run any recent kernel
+with no need for extra patches.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>uclinux-sources</title>
<body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2009-10-16 11:53 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-10-16 11:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 09/10/16 11:53:35
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
WTF no one told us that hppa-sources and rsbac-sources were removed from the tree many months ago. Updated the guide to reflect this. also added cell-sources to architecture dependent kernels section.
Revision Changes Path
1.56 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.56&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.56&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.55&r2=1.56
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.55
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -r1.55 -r1.56
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 14 Feb 2009 11:25:12 -0000 1.55
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 16 Oct 2009 11:53:34 -0000 1.56
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.55 2009/02/14 11:25:12 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.56 2009/10/16 11:53:34 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.22</version>
-<date>2009-02-14</date>
+<version>1.23</version>
+<date>2009-10-16</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>For servers: hardened-sources and rsbac-sources</title>
+<title>For servers: hardened-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
@@ -142,16 +142,9 @@
<uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for more information.
</p>
-<p>
-<c>rsbac-sources</c> is a 2.6-based kernel. It contains patches to use Rule Set
-Based Access Controls (<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>). It is
-maintained by the <uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC project</uri>, a
-sub-project of Gentoo Hardened.
-</p>
-
<impo>
-These kernels provide powerful patches for enhanced security. Please read the
-<uri link="/proj/en/hardened/">documentation</uri> before you use them.
+This kernel provides powerful patches for enhanced security. Please read the
+<uri link="/proj/en/hardened/">documentation</uri> before you use it.
</impo>
</body>
@@ -161,7 +154,7 @@
<body>
<p>
-<c>hppa-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sh-sources</c>,
+<c>cell-sources</c>, <c>mips-sources</c>, <c>sh-sources</c>,
<c>sparc-sources</c>, and <c>xbox-sources</c> are, as their names suggest,
patched to run best on specific architectures. They also contain some of the
patches for hardware and features support from the other patch sets mentioned
@@ -386,6 +379,19 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>hppa-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>hppa-sources</c> was a 2.6 kernel with patches applied to improve hardware
+compatibility for the HPPA architecture. These patches have been developed
+and included in the mainline kernel. HPPA users can now run any recent kernel
+with no need for extra patches.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>rsbac-dev-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -397,6 +403,19 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>rsbac-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>rsbac-sources</c> was a 2.6-based kernel. It contained patches to use Rule
+Set Based Access Controls (<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>). It has
+been removed due to lack of maintainers. Use <c>hardened-sources</c> if you need
+additional security features.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>selinux-sources</title>
<body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2009-02-14 11:25 Xavier Neys (neysx)
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From: Xavier Neys (neysx) @ 2009-02-14 11:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
neysx 09/02/14 11:25:13
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
#258951 Fixed link to Linux Kernel Bug Tracker
Revision Changes Path
1.55 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.55&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.55&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.54&r2=1.55
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.54 -r1.55
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 25 Jan 2009 21:05:07 -0000 1.54
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 14 Feb 2009 11:25:12 -0000 1.55
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.54 2009/01/25 21:05:07 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.55 2009/02/14 11:25:12 neysx Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.21</version>
-<date>2009-01-25</date>
+<version>1.22</version>
+<date>2009-02-14</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
The <c>git-sources</c> package tracks daily snapshots of the upstream
development kernel tree. You should run these kernels if you are interested in
kernel development or testing. Bugreports should go to the <uri
-link="http://bugme.osdl.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML (Linux
-Kernel Mailing List).
+link="http://bugzilla.kernel.org/">Linux Kernel Bug Tracker</uri> or LKML
+(Linux Kernel Mailing List).
</p>
</body>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gentoo-kernel.xml
@ 2009-01-25 21:05 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-01-25 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
nightmorph 09/01/25 21:05:08
Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
updated kernel guide to remove references to 2.4 gentoo-sources. note: rsbac-sources will soon need to be moved to the old kernels section, as it's already been masked for removal. bug 256348.
Revision Changes Path
1.54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.54&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.54&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?r1=1.53&r2=1.54
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.53
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 23 May 2008 20:46:20 -0000 1.53
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 25 Jan 2009 21:05:07 -0000 1.54
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.53 2008/05/23 20:46:20 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.54 2009/01/25 21:05:07 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.20</version>
-<date>2008-02-03</date>
+<version>1.21</version>
+<date>2009-01-25</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -112,25 +112,10 @@
<body>
<p>
-For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel. Since the
-2005.0 release, Gentoo Linux uses 2.6 as the default kernel. Unless you are
-specifically using the 2.4 profile, <c>gentoo-sources</c> will be a 2.6 kernel
-on <e>most</e> architectures.
-</p>
-
-<p>
+For most users, we recommend the <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel.
<c>gentoo-sources</c> is a kernel based on Linux 2.6, lightly patched to fix
security problems, kernel bugs, and to increase compatibility with the more
-uncommon system architectures. Linux 2.6 is the current official stable kernel
-tree, and development is progressing rapidly. For highest performance, best
-hardware support, and its large new feature set, we recommend 2.6 over its older
-2.4 counterpart.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-The 2.4 <c>gentoo-sources</c> kernel patches are similar to those included in
-its 2.6 counterpart, plus a number of patches designed to add functionality and
-improve performance.
+uncommon system architectures.
</p>
<p>
@@ -148,21 +133,20 @@
<body>
<p>
-<c>hardened-sources</c> is based on the official Linux kernel and is targeted
-at our users running Gentoo on server systems. It provides patches for the
-various subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for
-<uri link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and
-<uri link="http://grsecurity.net">grsecurity</uri>), together with
-stability/security-enhancements. Like <c>gentoo-sources</c> it comes in 2.6
-and 2.4 versions. Check <uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for
-more information.
+<c>hardened-sources</c> is based on the official Linux kernel and is targeted at
+our users running Gentoo on server systems. It provides patches for the various
+subprojects of Gentoo Hardened (such as support for <uri
+link="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">LSM/SELinux</uri> and <uri
+link="http://grsecurity.net">grsecurity</uri>), together with
+stability/security-enhancements. Check
+<uri>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/</uri> for more information.
</p>
<p>
-<c>rsbac-sources</c> contains patches to use Rule Set Based Access Controls
-(<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>) and comes in 2.4 and 2.6
-flavours. It is maintained by the <uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC
-project</uri>, a sub-project of Gentoo Hardened.
+<c>rsbac-sources</c> is a 2.6-based kernel. It contains patches to use Rule Set
+Based Access Controls (<uri link="http://www.rsbac.org">RSBAC</uri>). It is
+maintained by the <uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC project</uri>, a
+sub-project of Gentoo Hardened.
</p>
<impo>
@@ -305,8 +289,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Similar to <c>gentoo-sources</c>, two versions of the kernel can be found
-under this package: 2.4 and 2.6.
+Two versions of the kernel can be found under this package: 2.4 and 2.6.
</p>
</body>
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