Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by SamFolkWilliams: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel?action=diff&rev2=107&rev1=106 The comment on the change is: updating for F8 release - more changes needed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Tickless support for x86 64bit systems (32 bit was added previously), which greatly improves power management. * Some elements of the realtime kernel project. - * - * + * The kernel has a new version naming scheme to more closely match the upstream version naming scheme. + * The kernel spec file is now named `kernel.spec` rather than `kernel-2.6.spec`. + * The kernel spec file has new macros that ease the kernel building process. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel for further information + * The kernel in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] no longer loads modules by default for ISA sound cards. Load the module by hand {{{modprobe module-name}}} or by putting an entry in `/etc/modprobe.conf`. For example, for the Creative SoundBlaster AWE64: + {{{install snd-sbawe + }}} + === Version === Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason, the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the so-called ''vanilla kernel'' from the kernel.org web site: @@ -59, +64 @@ [[Admonition("note", "PowerPC Kernel Support", "There is no support for Xen or kdump for the PowerPC architecture in Fedora. 32-bit PowerPC does still have a separate SMP kernel.")]] - === Reporting Bugs === - - Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora. - === Preparing for Kernel Development === Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as described in the kernel flavors section. [[Admonition("important", "Custom Kernel Building", "For information on kernel development and working with custom kernels, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel.";)]] - === ISA Sound Cards === + === Reporting Bugs === - The kernel in Fedora 7 no longer loads modules by default for ISA sound cards. Load the module by hand {{{modprobe module-name}}} or by putting an entry in `/etc/modprobe.conf`. For example, for the Creative SoundBlaster AWE64: + Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora. - {{{install snd-sbawe - }}} - -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
