[CLUE-Tech] What tweaks are done to kernels by distributors

[Lynn Danielson]

B O'Fallon wrote:
> 
> In general, what tweaks do Linux distributors do to the kernel before
> releasing it in their versions of Linux? I understand that Red Hat
> does some, but do the other distributors do also? If they do tweak
> them, what kind of tweaks are done 

I've noticed SuSE has added a few nonstandard kernel tweaks to the 
2.2.series kernels.  Examples that I can think are ReiserFS, Aladdin V
IDE chipset and the Promise UDMA chipset.  I believe the Aladdin V and
Promise chipset features will be standard with 2.4.

Fwiw,

Lynn Danielson