Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE Kernel Source

From: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk@suse.de)
Date: Sun Jan 13 2002 - 23:13:24 PST

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    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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