Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:13:24 +0100 From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> Message-ID: <20020114081324.B6226@suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE Kernel Source
On Mon, Jan 14, rolf@diesing.net wrote:
> Hihi...
> this may be an Answer, why i am not able to patch a Suse 2.4.14 to 2.4.15!
Hm, the last time you only ask how to apply a bug fix patch, not how to
update to a new release. Since our kernel contains already most fixes
from 2.4.15 and some more, this patch can never apply cleanly.
>
> Look at the Thread:
> "A _wonderfull_ Distribution. Thanx SUSE!"
> I'm asking Thorsten Kukuk on Mon, Jan 07 about this and he say:
>
> >On Mon, Jan 07, rolf@diesing.net wrote:
>
> >> Yes... may be... I am _now_ confused...
> >> because the last full Week (i tried to setup a well running SuSE-Linux on
> a
> >> Sparc) is gone without any success!
> >>
> >> Tell me an the other People on the Bord, why is it not possible to fix
> >> errors in Your Kernel (2.4.14) with official Kernel Patches. And take a
> look
> >> into the Kernel-changelogs and ask this Question again, please!
> >
> >I think you are using a SS10? For this we don't ship a 2.4 kernel, only
> >2.2.20.
> >
> >So we ship 3 kernel sources:
> >2.2.20 for 32bit SPARC (which is 2.2.20aaX)
> >2.4.14 for 64bit UltraSPARC
> >And a plain 2.4.xx vanilla kernel for people who wish to patch
> >the kernel.
> >
> >And yes, you will always find a newer kernel which has bug fixed
> >and new bugs introduced. When we make the master, our 2.4.14 was
> >far the stablest one from all possible solutions.
> >And it is possible to fix our kernels with official kernel fixes.
> >
> > Thorsten
>
> You can reread this at some days ago in this list.
> And now the most important Question:
>
> Who is wrong now and what is the Truth?
There is nothing wrong.
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