linux-kernel - Re: distro specific kernels vs vanilla kernel and how to compare among each other

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Message-ID: <20071119125531.GD15942@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:55:31 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	devzero@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: distro specific kernels vs vanilla kernel and how to compare among each other

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:25:27PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> devzero@....de writes:
> 
> > does somebody know if there is a website or a project for giving comfortable and deeper insight into what`s specific to distro`s kernels and what`s their difference to vanilla kernel ?
> >
> > i mean some way to have some transparancy to what different distro vendors add to vanilla kernel sources and thus turning it into their own specific version. 
> 
> There used to be such a page at kernelnewbies, but at some point it disappeared.
> 
> I agree it would be a useful resource.

As one of the persons who used to maintain that information on kernelnewbies
I agree.  It's just quite a bit of work and these days it's not always easy
to get at the vendor kernels anymore either.
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