Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

From: John O'Hagan (johnohagan_at_iprimus.com.au)
Date: 10/30/05

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:52:38 +1000

    Hi all,

    I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel
    sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the
    stock source from kernel.org.

    The reason I ask is that I'm always keen to get the latest kernel,
    particularly for ACPI improvements (I run testing on a laptop). I compile my
    own from Debian sources, taking out features I don't use, so it's about a
    quarter the size of the standard Debian one. I have to build the ipw2100 and
    ieee80211 modules externally from source for networking anyway, and I use the
    realtime-lsm and latest alsa-modules for audio work. I use kernel-package and
    module-assistant to do it.

    What do I need to be aware of if I use stock sources?

    Thanks,

    John 

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