On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 08:59:01PM -0500, john4293 wrote: > > i've got a couple of kernel questions for you. > the first one is really more of a clarification, i grabbed source patch > from kernel.org for my sandisk and the file name is > usb-sddr-55-2.4.20-pre2.patch, it worked fine but i'm just curious, does > the 2.4.20-pre2 suffix indicate that this source will be a part of 2.4.20 > when it's released? Not necessarily. The only code that gets into the kernel is officially blessed by Linus. There are quite a few patches out there that many people use regularly that aren't yet part of the official kernel (some may never be accepted for various reasons). The 2.4.20-pre2 suffix indicated that the patch was generated against the 2.4.20-pre2 kernel. Many, if not most, patches need to be repackaged for each major kernel release. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com