Sorry to be a pain - but I see this often and would like to get a correct description - what exactly is a 'vanilla kernel'? I always thought it meant a standard kernel as distributed on the original vendor CD's for an OS. Now it appears that a vanilla kernel is one the user has compiled custom on their Linux box. What exactly is a vanilla kernel? Please help me be more accurate ;-) Thanks in advance.. --------------------------------------------- Jonathan Hughes Technical Support Specialist MCSE / MCP ========================== "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken ========================== The information in this e-mail contains confidential and / or proprietary information and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised and may not be copied or disseminated without the express consent of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company or one of its subsidiaries. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. Michael Satterwhite To: SuSE Subject: [SLE] Question re: kernels 07/24/04 04:39 PM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This may be a bit on the philosophical side (well, for geeks like me at least), but... I know that SuSE - and for that matter almost all distributors - modifies the kernel that is distributed. The question then becomes: why? Exactly what do we gain or lose if we use a vanilla kernel as distributed by linux.org? If the changes in the kernels are that important, then why aren't they in the vanilla kernel? How many of you are using a vanilla kernel instead of the one distributed by SuSE? tia - ---Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBAq0HjeziQOokQnARAnAWAJ0Zzq2jqoqv8/WNQh7lS9JsZ/cYGgCgmtXq GibrxAvAAcfggrwpD6rqJu4= =lJnM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com