Misconceptions About Red Hat’s Kernel Patches

“Talking with quite a few people at OLS last week, it seems there are still quite a few misconceptions about just how patched various kernels were throughout the history of Red Hat. One particularly egregious statement I heard was ‘Early Red Hat kernels had ~2000 patches’. Here’s some hard facts on exactly how many patches were in each release.”

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