Perhaps this is a good opportunity to change that. Actually, I'd expect at least the bigger distributions to use git already. Git enables them to pick and choos

Perhaps this is a good opportunity to change that. Actually, I'd expect at least the bigger distributions to use git already. Git enables them to pick and choose from the updates and merge it with their own patches (alternative schedulers and the like). But you're right, as long as they serve tarballs, they should make sure they are safe. I've rolled some kernels myself and always used th e tarballs from kernel.org. Time to practice what I preach an rebuild from git.