On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:57:28AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:49:51PM +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > > A vanilla kernel is what you can download from kernel.org. > > Kernels used in Linux distributions typically contain > > modifications (bugfixes, experimental features...). > > The mantra for Fedora is "upstream, upstream, upstream". So, the Fedora > kernel attempts to be as close to "vanilla" as reasonably possible. In the > old days, it was coconut almont fudge ripple with marshmallow swirls and > caramel topping; now it's more chocolate chip. :) Though, Xen does add an additional flavouring, more prominent in some parts of the kernel than others. FC5 is probably the most we've deviated away from mainline since FC1. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
