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elazarl
2014-12-21, 19:16
Hi,

We're trying to solve a bug that happens on a Kali Linux 3.14.5 kernel, but does not happen on a vanilla 3.14.5 kernel.

I've downloaded the 3.14.5 kernel's source from Kali's repository. It indeed contain a patch file
linux-patch-3.14-rt.patch, but this patch is ~22,000 lines long, spanning 355 files....

Is there a place where I can see the series of patches applied to Kali's kernel?

We would like to trace a specific patch that might cause this problem

Even better, is there a git repository where Kali's kernel is developed?

g0tmi1k
2014-12-23, 12:45
The git repo can be found here: http://git.kali.org/gitweb/

elazarl
2014-12-23, 12:54
But where is the kernel repository?

I've searched for Linux and kernel, but found no relevant repositories.

g0tmi1k
2014-12-24, 14:11
It might be in the live-build package ~ http://git.kali.org/gitweb/?p=packages/live-build.git;a=summary

elazarl
2014-12-25, 06:28
Thanks,

I'll also be interested with the rational of changing the Debian kernel.

Why would Kali need patches to the kernel?

Which were included and why?

Thanks,

dookie
2014-12-31, 17:26
One of the main reason we patch the kernel is to allow for additional wireless injection support.