[sclug] Recovering gracefully from lost interrupt

[Will Dickson]

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of revs out of date.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.