On 01/25/2011 12:59 PM, Dave wrote:
>> vanilla one for the same version isnt really that actively maintained is
>> it ? Also, the EL kernels contain a fair bit of backports which makes
>> things a bit more interesting.
>
> Not sure. That's why I'm asking for.
> eg 2.6.32>> 2.6.32.28 (longterm)
> are there only improvements but no fixes?
the CentOS-5 kernel is at 2.6.18 ( as based ) with a 2xx TAG for
release. It contains backports from newer kernels, added hardware
support from upstream and fix's + enhancements from the 2.6.18 base.
> On the other hand EL kernels are as far as I got information from here
> more adapted to Industry needs. So they have special code added vanilla
> kernels don't have.
> Right?
That is perhaps one ( a marketing person spun ? ) way of looking at things.
- KB
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