[plug] make menuconfig

[David Campbell]

Date sent:      	Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:11:49 +0800 (WST)
From:           	John Summerfield <summer at os2.ami.com.au>
To:             	plug at linux.org.au
Subject:        	Re: [plug] make menuconfig
Send reply to:  	plug at linux.org.au

> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Colin 't Hart wrote:
> 
> > I got 2.0.36 as a .tar.gz and put it in /usr/src/linux. Added a link from
> > /usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux (or something like that)
> > and built my new kernel and modules; everything runs sweetly.
> 
> Since I noticed that RH 5.1 shipped with "kernel 2.0.34" before the real
> '34 was released, I've decided not to trust RH kernels.

Actually they are using the pre-release kernels from Alan Cox who is on their 
payroll. Where Linus has something like 4-10 patches per kernel release, Alan 
stuffs something like 20-50 patches per kernel release (I have seen a message 
refering to pre-release-16).

There is nothing wrong with the pre-release kernels, it is just a snapshot of 
Alan's workbench until someone kicks him hard enough for a release.

David Campbell
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campbell at torque.net

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