[Gllug] Custom kernels

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst John Hearns announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Henrik Morsing wrote:
> 
> > 
> > IBM has been shipping linux kernels with their own features in them for a
> > while and now RedHat starts selling distributions (source: today's IT
> > week) with customised kernels.
> 
> Redhat have always shipped 'customised' - read patched kernels.
> For instance, the latest RH kernels come with NPTL. There was a report.
> 
> Don't get your knikers in a twist. The marketing types may be putting a 
> spin on this - but everything should be transparent. That's the beauty of 
> Linux.

Besides. Most of the stuff patched into distro kernels ends up in the main
kernel tree anyway. The kernel developers see it as a good testing ground to
see how certain patches work out in the real world (performance and
stability-wise).

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