development-sources vs Gentoo-dev-sources - what's the diff?

makzu · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 42

Now, going by the descriptions at gentoo-portage.com, I know that Development-Sources is a plain 2.6 kernel, and Gentoo-Dev-Sources is a 2.6 kernel with extra Gentoo patches. That's pretty clearly explained.

But, I haven't been able to find any text anywhere describing exactly what those extra Gentoo patches are. So here's my question. What kind of value-added material do I get from using Gentoo-Dev-Sources as opposed to plain Development-Sources?

And what added benefit do I get from using Gentoo Dev Sources 2.6.7-R11 as opposed to, say, 2.6.7-R6? Inquiring minds need to know!
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Gandalf the White · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:51 am Post subject:

Okay, as for which patches are used, well, it downloads a tarball, I think the only way to really know which patches are applied would be to download that tarball and check for yourself. As for the difference between say r6 and r11, easy, cd /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources/, and check the changelog.

geniux · Veteran Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 1400 Location: /home

The gentoo-dev-sources are optimized so that you can play games, listen to music etc at the same time as you're emergeing something, and it wont feel jumpy.
The differences between 2.6.7-R11 opposed to 2.6.7-R6, are mainly bugfixes, but sometimes some extra could show up, as these are to become 2.6.8 in a near future. The best thing are to follow the change log on kernel.org, and see what is happening with the kernel.
Hope this where to some help
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makzu · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 42

I never noticed a changelog in my local portage tree before. That's pretty neat.

...And if it just means smoother performance, I guess I'm sold. Not that I wasn't already, of course. Thanks for your help!
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