Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263036AbVCDT4o (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:56:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263007AbVCDTtJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:49:09 -0500 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:65188 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263012AbVCDTkj (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:40:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:41:34 +0100 (CET) From: Jesper Juhl To: Jens Axboe Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , Jeff Garzik , Russell King , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering In-Reply-To: <20050304141211.GC18335@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <20050302230634.A29815@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <42265023.20804@pobox.com> <20050303002733.GH10124@redhat.com> <42268037.3040300@osdl.org> <20050304141211.GC18335@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1274 Lines: 34 On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > I run vanilla kernels on all my boxes, workstations and > > servers, since I don't really trust vendor kernels. > > That's a strange statement, I don't think you are aware of > the level of testing that goes into a vendor kernel, at > least for the 'enterprise' products. There's just no comparison > to the vanilla kernels. > I can't claim to have any detailed knowledge of that, no. > Of course fixes get merged back into the vanilla kernels, but > these just don't have the lengthy test and maturity period > of vendor kernels (by a long stretch). > That's true. I guess my lack of trust in vendor kernels is part being bitten by them in the past where my own custom build vanilla kernels have worked fine, and part the fear of getting locked-in to some vendor specific feature... Perhaps things are different these days and I should reevaluate my view on vendor kernels - but that's why I haven't been trusting them. -- Jesper - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/