Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-15 Thread Robert G. Hays
Frédéric, Working fast here to get to other things I need to finish... Thank you very much for the additional clarity hee -- I may have to try a vanilla to see how tht works, and thn apply the patches forward until it re-breaks. Thank you!, rgh. Frédéric Grosshans wrote: Le jeudi 14 avril 2005 à

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-15 Thread Robert G. Hays
Working fast here to get to other things I need to finish... I read everything here, & I thank you very much for the extra info -- I may be using this in the next few minutes! Backquotes deprecated, huh...? Ok, we'll see how that "plays in Peoria" for what uses... thanks, rgh. Nick Rout wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-15 Thread Frédéric Grosshans
Le jeudi 14 avril 2005 à 15:17 -0400, Trey Gruel a écrit : > On 4/14/05, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, is: > > kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 > > the same as: > > kernel-2.6.11.4 > > plus/minus the Gentoo-specific patches? > > possibly not. the gentoo-sources package

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:36:50 -0400 Robert G. Hays wrote: > > > > <...derivations...> That is, which > kernel.org kernel-w.x.y.z > did which > gentoo kernel-w.x.y-gentoo-rz > come from, then get patched, and with which patches. Oh and by the way if you just want the sources that Linu

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Nick Rout wrote: ok, now that i've rebooted windoze again and email is -maybe- working again, i'll finish that email. doe anybody know where i might find the kernel-derivations and maybe patches? What do you mean derivations? The patches for any gentoo kernel set are usually genpatches-${K

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:46 -0400 Robert G. Hays wrote: > ok, now that i've rebooted windoze again and email is -maybe- working > again, i'll finish that email. doe anybody know where i might find the > kernel-derivations and maybe patches? > > thanks, > rgh What do you mean derivations? T

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
ok, now that i've rebooted windoze again and email is -maybe- working again, i'll finish that email. doe anybody know where i might find the kernel-derivations and maybe patches? thanks, rgh. Robert G. Hays wrote: Trey Thank You. That didn't make things easier, but at least I know so I don't s

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Trey Thank You. That didn't make things easier, but at least I know so I don't step off a cliff (and i ain't no cartoon-character neither) by making a bad assumption about the kernel. There are one or two obvious things I can do, although they do take serious time. Sigh. I gotta think about

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Trey Gruel
On 4/14/05, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, is: > kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 > the same as: > kernel-2.6.11.4 > plus/minus the Gentoo-specific patches? possibly not. the gentoo-sources package has its own revision numbers (the -r* bit). that's not saying that the ch

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Post-script:& if I do go to the kernel.org kernel, what is going to change, and what will I have to do about it/them, and what, if anything, is just going to --stay-- broke/different? Thanks again!, rgh. Robert G. Hays wrote: Ok, is: kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 the same as: kernel-2.6

[gentoo-user] Question about kernel-equivalence

2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Ok, is: kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 the same as: kernel-2.6.11.4 plus/minus the Gentoo-specific patches? I'm dying here fighting to get my ATI all-in-wonder agp8x Dual-Screen working under 'gento-r4 with Win4Lin. (will need 3D, so using ATI's drivers.) I got the ATI & Gentoo to play n