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| + | === Version === | ||
| + | Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason, the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the so-called vanilla kernel from the kernel.org web site at http://www.kernel.org. | ||
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| + | To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package and run the following command against it: | ||
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| + | rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm | ||
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| + | === Changelog === | ||
| + | To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command: | ||
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| + | rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version> | ||
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| + | If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. A short and full diff of the kernel is available from http://kernel.org/git. The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree. | ||
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| + | Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from http://cvs.fedoraproject.org. | ||
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| + | === Preparing for Kernel Development === | ||
| + | Fedora 11 does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules. | ||
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| + | {{Admon/info | Custom Kernel Building | For information on kernel development and working with custom kernels, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel.}} | ||
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| + | === Reporting Bugs === | ||
| + | Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora. | ||
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Version
Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason, the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the so-called vanilla kernel from the kernel.org web site at http://www.kernel.org.
To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package and run the following command against it:
rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm
Changelog
To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command:
rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version>
If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. A short and full diff of the kernel is available from http://kernel.org/git. The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree.
Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from http://cvs.fedoraproject.org.
Preparing for Kernel Development
Fedora 11 does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules.
Reporting Bugs
Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora.
