From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from portablehole.net (unknown [216.115.228.148]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D27BABD58 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:17:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 12357 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2002 16:24:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO portablehole.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 27 Apr 2002 16:24:09 -0000 Received: from 10.10.220.33 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jano) by www.portablehole.net with HTTP; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 09:24:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <34184.10.10.220.33.1019924649.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 09:24:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New sys-kernel tree layout From: "Jano Lukac" To: In-Reply-To: <1019574332.29189.66.camel@inventor.gentoo.org> References: <1019574332.29189.66.camel@inventor.gentoo.org> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 0bdad74e-4719-49ed-9379-9ee211baf9fa X-Archives-Hash: 69be45273e0407829c1ad258ad94ba7f Silly question: which patches are included in the patch bzball? I quickly skimmed the patch, but it's a big file. The ebuild only writes: # INCLUDED: # 2.4.16, plus: # 2.4.17-pre4 (aka "2.4.16-pre4") openmosix Which doesn't help me much ;) Much obliged, jano Daniel Robbins said: > Hi all, > > We now have a new arrangement in Portage's sys-kernel tree. > sys-kernel/linux-sources no longer exists, and has been replaced with > the following consistently-named selection of kernel source packages: > > gentoo-sources: > > The gentoo-sources ebuild is our replacement for our previous > linux-sources ebuild. It contains a "custom" Gentoo Linux kernel > source tree, optimized for server performance and desktop > responsiveness. We try to ensure that this kernel is very fast and > stable and we recommend this kernel for most people. However, XFS > support is no longer included in this kernel. If you use XFS, use > sys-kernel/xfs-sources. > > vanilla-sources: > > The vanilla-sources ebuild installs a "mainline" kernel source tree, > giving you the exact same thing as if you downloaded a stock kernel > from kernel.org. It will be handy for those who use stock kernel > source tree -- now you can merge this kernel, and have a kernel source > tree > installed to /usr/src automatically. > > usermode-sources: > > This usermode-sources ebuild installs mainline sources that have been > patched to support user-mode Linux (a special technology that allows > you to run "Linux inside Linux.") > > xfs-sources: > > The xfs-sources ebuild installs sources that support XFS; specifically, > this ebuild contains a CVS snapshot of SGI's own XFS source tree. In > the future, we may add other minor (and stable) performance-enhancing > patches as well. We've found that using a SGI XFS CVS shapshot is the > best way to go if you're going to use the XFS filesystem. If any of > your Gentoo Linux filesystems are XFS, then, you'll need to use this > kernel. > > openmosix-sources: > > The openmosix-sources ebuild installs a kernel source tree that has > been specially patched with support for the GPL openMosix clustering > and load- balancing technology. For more info, see > http://www.openmosix.com. > > I hope you find the new layout more intuitive. All ebuilds work > similarly and will install a kernel source tree to a directory inside > /usr/src and will set the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to this > directory. We also plan to add a greater selection of kernels in the > future -- even customized kernels from other distributions like > Mandrake and Red Hat. > > Best Regards, > > -- > Daniel Robbins > Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org > Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev