Re: Debian kernel vs kernel.org kernels

[Wim De Smet <kromagg@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:13:20 -0500 (EST), Scott Ehrlich
<scott@ehrlichtronics.com> wrote:
> apt-cache search kernel-source|grep a.b will show the available kernel
> versions for source(s) a.b.   The description might list "version a.b with
> Debian patches" or something similar.   What does "with Debian patches"
> mean?    Does Debian have special updates that differ from the generic
> kernel on kernel.org?
> 

If you just install kernel-patch-debian and look at the changelog (or
better yet, go to packages.debian.org and download it from there) you
can see what patches were applied.

But anyway, I'll list a couple that I remember:
- recent security patches (kernel.org releases a new version, doesn't
patch older ones I think)
- removing of non-free bits (binary blobs etc aren't allowed in debian main)
- ipsec patches used to be included, not sure about the current status.

In any case, a list is in the changelog.

greets,
Wim