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So, why is RHEL not using the upstream kernel? It would allow them to avoid those issues with rust&go (and probably other software): https://news.ycombinator.co

So, why is RHEL not using the upstream kernel? It would allow them to avoid those issues with rust&go (and probably other software): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25447752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25447752

waheoo 6y ago
Security audit / certification would be my guess.
bonzini 6y ago
RHEL maintains a stable ABI for drivers. Plus, there are changes (especially around memory management or scheduling) that are fiendishly hard to do regression testing on, so they are backported more selectively.