rh9 vs. fedora

[Michal Zeravik]

thank you, I was affraided of that...

michalz


Mike A. Harris wrote:

>On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Michal Zeravik wrote:
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>>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:16:29 +0100
>>From: Michal Zeravik <michalz at olomouc.com>
>>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
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>>Subject: Re: rh9 vs. fedora
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>>Originally I'm interested in audio/video processing.
>>Using Alsa/Jack/Laddca in realtime needs that: 
>>http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php#q5
>>So you mean I can install sources of my current kernel (2.4.20-20-9)
>>and build it on my own with what properties?
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>Correct, that is how you would go about attempting to patch the 
>kernel and use it.  The only way you can be guaranteed a patch 
>for anything will apply to a given source code tree or not 
>however (kernel or otherwise) is to use the source code that the 
>author of a given patch used to create their patch.  The majority 
>of kernel patches out there are generated against Linus's 
>kernels, and so the only way you can be reasonably sure they will 
>apply to the kernel source is by using Linus's kernel source.
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>If you apply a patch to the Red Hat kernel source, which is very 
>heavily modified, the patch may apply cleanly if it does not 
>overlap on any other areas of the kernel source which other 
>patches are already applying to.  It might even apply cleanly 
>with a bit of fuzz factor.
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>If you do get a patch to apply though, wether it applied cleanly, 
>with fuzz, or required re-engineering the patch to apply to the 
>Red Hat kernel, it may or may not work at all.  It depends on if 
>the patch you're using relies on stuff from Linus's kernel to be 
>there which may have been changed or even heavily modified by the 
>Red Hat kernel's patch set. 
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>In short, the only way you can be sure any kernel patch will ever 
>apply to the kernel source tree you use, is to apply the patch to 
>the kernel source that the author of the patch used, or to become 
>kernel engineer for a day and port the patch to the kernel source 
>that you are using now.
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>Hope this helps.
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