Bug 51976

Summary:	Kernel descriptions need update
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-25 00:57:07 UTC

[ As sent through www@gentoo.org by mahmoud(a)abu-wardeh.com ]

Hi,

I noticed that on the following web page:

    http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml

you list one of the available kernel sources as gentoo-test-sources.
Shouldn't this be gentoo-dev-sources?

Also, the following kernel sources are avilable in the distro, but with no
entry in the page above explaining their details:

hardened-dev-sources
mips-prepatch-sources
pegasos-dev-sources
pegasos-sources
ppc-development-sources
ppc64-sources
vserver-sources
win4lin-sources
wolk-sources

That said, I'd like to thank you guys for the best documentation I've ever
seen for a linux distro :-)

regards,

Mahmoud

Comment 1 Brett I. Holcomb 2004-06-13 10:15:14 UTC

Along with this the install guide "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7" lists various kernels.  It calls the development-sources "vanilla 2.6 kernels" which to me means it's kernels straight from kernel.org with no patches (ala vanilla-sources).  However, the kernel list says development-sources are the stable 2.6 kernels and I assume they have Gentoo patches in them.  To me this is a discrepancy.  Why not just have the install guide link to the kernel list so the  list only needs to be maintained in one place.

Comment 2 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-15 06:12:37 UTC

Brett: it is not a discrepancy. It's just like the handbook says.

development-sources : the 2.6.x vanilla sources from kernel.org
gentoo-dev-sources  : the gentoo-patched 2.6.x sources

Adding the latter to the the list in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml should clear things up.

Comment 3 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-02 07:58:37 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55789 ***