Re: Kernel fixes

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber rochester rr com>]

Rich Payne wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> 
> > "Vanco, Donald" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all -
> > >         I'm trying to find the resource that lists "what got fixed" by a
> > > kernel patch or minor rev.  In other words, what got fixed in 2.2.13-20 that
> > > was broken in 2.2.13-19 (I use those numbers merely for illustration).  I've
> > > looked around kernel.org mirrors, but don't really see a lot of docs - am I
> > > missing something?  I've got a system that hangs on a new kernel (2.2.12-20)
> > > that works fine on a (much) older kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanx
> > > Don
> > >
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> > www.kernelnotes.org
> >
> > Chris Kloiber
> 
> I think you'll find the -20 extension is done by RedHat. You'd have to
> find out from RedHat which patches they added to get the kernel to that
> level. For standard kernel versions (2.2.13) kernelnotes.org is pretty
> good.
> 
> --rdp
> 
> Rich Payne
> rpayne@alphalinux.org                   www.alphalinux.org

He used the -20 for illustration only, and was not referencing Red Hat's
2.2.12-20. Besides, that's the i386 kernel. It's likely not to be the
kernel on the Alpha package when it comes out.

Chris Kloiber