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Re: kernel-source-2.4.21



On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:21:55PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:53:10PM +0200, Marino Fernandez wrote:
> > Honestly, is there any advantage on that kernel compared to the one you get 
> > from www.kernel.org and compile the clasic way, other than a slight ease of 
> > installation.
> 
> Yes.  You also make it easier to install the modules supplied by
> debian packages (like the Logitech Quickcam drivers, for example).

How?  If you don't use the .config from a kernel-image-foo package
already in Debian (in which case you might as well just use the
kernel-image-foo package itself) then any pre-compiled modules in Debian
will be incompatible with your kernel, anyway.

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