[sclug] Recovering gracefully from lost interrupt

[lug at assursys.co.uk]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Will Dickson wrote:

> lug at assursys.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >>I agree that commercial distributions often do lots of testing and
> >>include fixes for bugs in vanilla kernels.  They do however normally get
> >>folded in upstream too eventually.
> 
> > Sure - the bulk of the patches that RH include are usually moved into Alan's
> > -ac patches and thence into the stable kernel. But of course by then, other
> > bugs are known about and rough fixes and hacks for /those/ are circulating.
> > 
> > If you want the most stable/reliable kernel *today*, it's probably a distro
> > kernel.
> 
> Interesting! I've generally gone with a vanilla kernel on the grounds 
> that by the time I get hold of it the distro kernel is usually a couple 
> of revs out of date. Live and learn.

I can't speak for Debian, but RH kernels are frequently a pre-release of the
current or next kernel, regardless of what the published version is. Check
the src.rpms.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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