[lug] What tweaks are done to kernels by distributors

[Alan Robertson]

B O'Fallon wrote:
> 
> In general, what tweaks do Linux distributors do to the kernel before
> releasing it in their versions of Linux? I understand that Red Hat
> does some, but do the other distributors do also? If they do tweak
> them, what kind of tweaks are done --- I couldn't find anything about
> this at the RH site.
> 
> I ask this because I want to upgrade my RH 7.0 kernel to 2.2.18, which
> RH has not released under their own version. (I do not want to go to
> 2.4 right now).
> 
> I was thinking of using the version available from kernel.org, but am
> wondering what kind of problems that this might cause since it is not
> RH "tweaked".
> 

Red Hat and SuSE both put in about a hundred kernel patches apiece.  Each
one does different things.  SuSE adds features like ReiserFS, bug fixes and
lots of other enterprise features.  Red Hat does similar things.

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at unix.sh