From: "Shyam Mani" <fox2mike@lark.gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-kernel.xml
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:57:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601130957.k0D9vpKg011216@robin.gentoo.org> (raw)
fox2mike 06/01/13 09:57:51
Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-kernel.xml
Log:
Gazillion Changes : Removed pegasos-sources (merged into mainline 2.6), Moved win4lin-sources (Security issues) and grsec-sources (merged into hardened-sources) into the previously provided section. Added information on sh-sources, openvz-sources and uclinux-sources. Moved stuff around a bit to maintain alphabetical ordering. Added CC-BY-SA comment.
Revision Changes Path
1.35 +70 -41 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml.diff?r1=1.34&r2=1.35&cvsroot=gentoo
Index: gentoo-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.34
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35
--- gentoo-kernel.xml 26 Jul 2005 18:07:17 -0000 1.34
+++ gentoo-kernel.xml 13 Jan 2006 09:57:50 -0000 1.35
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.34 2005/07/26 18:07:17 alin Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml,v 1.35 2006/01/13 09:57:50 fox2mike Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml">
@@ -25,16 +25,21 @@
<author title="Editor">
<mail link="greg_g@gentoo.org">Gregorio Guidi</mail>
</author>
+<author title="Editor">
+ <mail link="fox2mike@gentoo.org">Shyam Mani</mail>
+</author>
<abstract>
This document gives you an overview on all kernel sources that Gentoo
provides through Portage.
</abstract>
+<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
+<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.10</version>
-<date>2005-07-26</date>
+<version>1.11</version>
+<date>2006-01-13</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -186,11 +191,11 @@
<body>
<p>
-<c>alpha-sources</c>, <c>hppa-sources</c>,<c>mips-sources</c>,
-<c>pegasos-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>alpha-sources</c>, <c>hppa-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.
</p>
</body>
@@ -229,18 +234,6 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>grsec-sources</title>
-<body>
-
-<p>
-The <c>grsec-sources</c> kernel source is patched with the latest grsecurity
-updates (grsecurity version 2.0 and up) which includes, amongst other
-security-related patches, support for PaX.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</section>
-<section>
<title>mm-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -275,51 +268,63 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>usermode-sources</title>
+<title>openvz-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-<c>usermode-sources</c> are the User Mode Linux kernel patches. This
-kernel is designed to allow Linux to run within Linux to run within Linux
-to ... User Mode Linux is intended for testing and virtual server support.
-For more information about this amazing tribute to the stability and
-scalability of Linux, see <uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>.
+OpenVZ is a server virtualization soultion built on Linux. OpenVZ creates
+isolated, secure virtual private servers (VPSs) or virtual environments on a
+single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that
+applications do not conflict. For more information, see
+<uri>http://www.openvz.org</uri>
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
+<title>suspend2-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+The <c>suspend2-sources</c> are patched with both genpatches
+which includes the patches found in gentoo-sources, and <uri
+link="http://www.suspend2.net">Software Suspend 2</uri> which is a new
+and improved implementation of suspend-to-disk for the Linux kernel.
</p>
<p>
-For more information on UML and Gentoo, read the
-<uri link="/doc/en/uml.xml">Gentoo UML Guide</uri>.
+This kernel is recommended for laptop users who often rely on being able
+to suspend their laptop and resume work elsewhere.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>win4lin-sources</title>
+<title>uclinux-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-<c>win4lin-sources</c> are patched to support the userland win4lin tools
-that allow Linux users to run many Microsoft Windows (TM) applications
-at almost native speeds. See <uri>http://www.netraverse.com/</uri> for more
-information.
+The <c>uclinux-sources</c> are meant for CPUs without MMUs as well as embedded
+devices. For more information, see <uri>http://www.uclinux.org</uri>.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>suspend2-sources</title>
+<title>usermode-sources</title>
<body>
<p>
-The <c>suspend2-sources</c> are patched with both genpatches
-which includes the patches found in gentoo-sources, and <uri
-link="http://www.suspend2.net">Software Suspend 2</uri> which is a new
-and improved implementation of suspend-to-disk for the Linux kernel.
+<c>usermode-sources</c> are the User Mode Linux kernel patches. This
+kernel is designed to allow Linux to run within Linux to run within Linux
+to ... User Mode Linux is intended for testing and virtual server support.
+For more information about this amazing tribute to the stability and
+scalability of Linux, see <uri>http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net</uri>.
</p>
<p>
-This kernel is recommended for laptop users who often rely on being able
-to suspend their laptop and resume work elsewhere.
+For more information on UML and Gentoo, read the
+<uri link="/doc/en/uml.xml">Gentoo UML Guide</uri>.
</p>
</body>
@@ -376,6 +381,19 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
+<title>grsec-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+The <c>grsec-sources</c> kernel source used to be patched with the latest
+grsecurity updates (grsecurity version 2.0 and up) which included, amongst
+other security-related patches, support for PaX. As grsecurity patches are
+included in <c>hardened-sources</c>, this package is no longer in Portage.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>hardened-dev-sources</title>
<body>
@@ -409,6 +427,17 @@
</body>
</section>
-</chapter>
+<section>
+<title>win4lin-sources</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+<c>win4lin-sources</c> were patched to support the userland win4lin tools
+that allow Linux users to run many Microsoft Windows (TM) applications
+at almost native speeds. This was removed due to security issues.
+</p>
+</body>
+</section>
+</chapter>
</guide>
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