Dear SuSE, This issue IS significant for us as we use both SuSE 6.4 Intel and PPC versions and have attempted to create our own kernels without success. Given that the kernel is supposed to be reasonably Open, is it possible to find the usual adjustments that SuSE makes so we can apply them after or in due process of creating a new kernel. Creating a kernel from (6.4) lx_linux 2.2.14 + patches to 2.2.16 for the PPC doesn't produce a functional kernel so there is something else we have to do. Applying the 2.2.15 and 2.2.16 patches to lx_suse (both Intel and PPC) fails completely. Yes the 2.2.16 kernel for the PPC works, but we have no idea whats inside them. We for example don't want to have anything to do with SCSI,IPX,ARCNET,Token Rings,Sound,Video and that stuff - this is an industrial and business environment and we need performance. We DO need more advanced options at the IP Network stage and Appletalk options which we CAN get with Redhat. Likewise,if SuSE is modifing memory management facilities, then we need to know. Regards, Bruce.
Rolando Roman wrote:
i am new and i recommend from source rather than rpm you might want to ask more about that
Not essential any more these days, I only do it on big servers, but in the end that's religion.
Anyway, I responded only to point out that on an rpm-based system even the sources are rpm's.... The Linux sources are a little 'special', because it's a binary rpm containing sources. In the case of the SuSE kernel, the patched sources. It is in turn made by a source rpm, which contains a pristine 2.2.16 and the SuSE patches in an extra file/files. You can find the single patches somewhere on the CD, I forgot where, if you're interested to see what exactly we do to a standard kernel.
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