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Re: Question regarding BenH kernels(and others for that matter)



On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 03:50:42PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> It is on kernel.org, but it is in the v2.2 directory.
> 
> PowerPC patches are being fed into Alan and Linus's kernel sources, but
> this is a slow process. In the 2.2 series, it took until about 2.2.13 (?)

2.2.17

> for the mainstream kernel to work reasonably. By 2.2.16 the kernel.org

2.2.17

> sources were perfectly stable on PowerPC, and they still are in 2.2.19.
> 
> Eventually Linus's 2.4 kernel will work on PowerPC, and it will become the
> preferred stable kernel for end users.
> 
> For now, 2.4 is still "in development" on PPC, and is only recommended for
> kernel hackers or for users who need features not in 2.2.19. There are
> other PPC trees that may have less experimental work than Ben's, but these
> are still developmental:
> 
>  http://penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
> 
> 
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Ethan Benson
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