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jimmij
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 Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:24 pm Post subject: [ANSWERED] Description of kernel gentoo patches |
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Where do I find description what has been changed in gentoo-sources with respect to vanilla-sources?
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| Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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You can browse http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/
You can also view the README of some genpatches-X.Y-Z.base.tar.xz
You'll discover the patchset numbering scheme and can deduce that those starting with a number >=1500 are not included in vanilla.
Of course, all patches included in genpatches-X.Y-Z.extras.tar.xz are not included in vanilla as well, but the content of the extras patchset is nowadays limited to the fbcondecor patch.
But... Nolite sanctum dare canibus... 
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OK, thanks.
So in fact there is not much difference, especially if someone doesn't use BFQ on Thinkpad with bootsplash. 
Anything else distinguish these two kernels, e.g. default config, any scripts, documentation?
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| jimmij wrote: | | So in fact there is not much difference, especially if someone doesn't use BFQ on Thinkpad with bootsplash. |
You are grosso-modo correct.
There is one *big* difference in principle which rarely translates into a *big* difference between vanilla and gentoo kernels :
As a matter of fact, the vanilla ebuilds say : K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
This can mean that as soon as a branch is declared EOL upstream, no security patch will be backported on vanilla kernels of that branch.
But if the gentoo-sources still get that branch in portage, the gentoo devs should backport it.
As an example, this happened with the 3.7 | genpatches-3.7-15.base.tar.xz wrote: | | 1600_CVE-2013-2094_perf-swevent... |
So the longer a gentoo-sources is living after the corresponding branch is declared EOL by upstream, the more vanilla-sources/gentoo-sources differ on that branch.
| jimmij wrote: | | Anything else distinguish these two kernels, e.g. default config, any scripts, documentation? |
Not really.
Well, about a default config, not... yet.
I've heard that ago had plans and work aiming at that sort of thing.
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OK, thx for answer.
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