On 01/25/2011 12:59 PM, Dave wrote: >> vanilla one for the same version isnt really that actively maintained is >> it ? Also, the EL kernels contain a fair bit of backports which makes >> things a bit more interesting. > > Not sure. That's why I'm asking for. > eg 2.6.32>> 2.6.32.28 (longterm) > are there only improvements but no fixes? the CentOS-5 kernel is at 2.6.18 ( as based ) with a 2xx TAG for release. It contains backports from newer kernels, added hardware support from upstream and fix's + enhancements from the 2.6.18 base. > On the other hand EL kernels are as far as I got information from here > more adapted to Industry needs. So they have special code added vanilla > kernels don't have. > Right? That is perhaps one ( a marketing person spun ? ) way of looking at things. - KB