2007-08-20 20:09:38

by Jan-Benedict Glaw

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Subject: Re: Git tree for old kernels from before the current tree

On Mon, 2007-07-23 20:10:23 -0400, Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have sanitized .tgz files that I use to stuff a Git repo with. I
> recall that some of them were reconstructed through patching an earlier
> or later kernel version because the original ones were corrupted. Some
> patches were retrieved from other archival sites, etc. Then the result
> was
> cross checked with summary lists like this one:
>
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0110.1/1684.html
>
> This was a while ago so I don't remember the exact steps, but that
> wasn't always trivial.

Some years ago, I also worked on old Linux releases. Have you found
the tarballs in my directory at kernel.org?

MfG, JBG

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2007-08-20 20:47:08

by Nicolas Pitre

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Subject: Re: Git tree for old kernels from before the current tree

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-07-23 20:10:23 -0400, Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I have sanitized .tgz files that I use to stuff a Git repo with. I
> > recall that some of them were reconstructed through patching an earlier
> > or later kernel version because the original ones were corrupted. Some
> > patches were retrieved from other archival sites, etc. Then the result
> > was
> > cross checked with summary lists like this one:
> >
> > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0110.1/1684.html
> >
> > This was a while ago so I don't remember the exact steps, but that
> > wasn't always trivial.
>
> Some years ago, I also worked on old Linux releases. Have you found
> the tarballs in my directory at kernel.org?

No, I didn't know about them.

>From a quick look, I think I already captured everything you have prior
v1.0 though.


Nicolas