"Jeffrey L. Taylor" <jeff@austinblues.dyndns.org> writes: > Quoting Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>: >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:51:14AM -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: >> > I'm missing something. What is the name of the source for the 2.2.20 >> > kernel? >> >> kernel-source-2.2.20 if it's still actually in the distribution; it's >> pretty ancient so it may be gone. It's 2003, and Linux 2.6 is right >> around the corner. Lets kill off 2.2 already. I've had good luck >> with kernel-source-2.4.20... FWIW, only 2.2 kernels support m68k. >> > That's what comes as the default in woody and I want to tweak it. >> > I can find headers, patches (what good are patches w/out source to >> > patch?), ReiserFS and PCMCIA modules, but no source. What gives? >> >> It's a two year old revision to a four year old, obsolete kernel >> version? What kind of support were you expecting when the rest of the >> world moved on? >> > > It is the default kernel on Woody. Not exactly. It's the default kernel for boot-floppies, so that's what gets installed. For whatever reason, the actual 2.2 kernel source available in woody (2.2.22) got out of sync with boot-floppies. > I expect source to it. In fact, if source is not available, Debian is > in violation of the GPL. The source is available, just not in woody. > Plus, benchmarks I have seen indicate that 2.2 runs better on older > hardware, 486s in this case. 2.6 is available Real Soon Now. I need > to tweak the kernel today. When I have that working, I will probably > jump to the latest 2.2.x. That's supposed to be one of the great > selling points for Linux and Debian, no forced obsolescence. You > saying that's a lie? It is true that Debian's packaging system tends to be extremely slow on very old hardware. -- I had no feelings about it. It was aloof and licked itself too much. Like my cat Mr. Trotsky.
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