You wrote to "Roman Mashak" <mrv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:32:57
+0200:
??>> what benefits you yield using that or those distribution..
??>>
??>> I remember hard times trying to upgrade new kernels on a red hat
??>> 7.x-8.x, now I have to choose the new one, quite modern yet stable and
??>> well configurable.
SP> On the testing process of a new driver, usually you are not depended on
SP> the distribution.
SP> The reason is that you are developing something inside the kernel,
SP> so the only requirement is the kernel itself.
Yes, it's always better to work with vanilla kernel and what I referred to
is the easy and panless kernel upgrade (and corresponding user-land helpers,
like modutils) if required for tests.
If you don't mind, what's your develop/test cycle?
SP> On the other hand, I try to avoid distros that use their own modified
SP> kernel, like fedora,
[skip]
Right, Fedora is mostly a test bed. And as far as I heard (but didn't try
yet), Debian has a well-designed mechanisms/utilities allowing you to
smoothly upgrade the system without troubles etc.
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Roman Mashak
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