Rob Latham wrote: > > Eray Ozkural (exa) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Viral and I have been talking about it. now that 2.4.x is out and usable > > we might start producing some results. One thing that bugs me is > > whether debian kernel module packages can be done for 2.4.x? > > I don't think the kernel modules will be your big problem: rather, > it's the kernel patching that makes it tough. lm_sensors, for > example, has a module-only option, which makes packaging it a bit > easier (download lm_sensors-source, rebuild against your kernel, go), > but even that becomes a pain. (as long as i rebuild, why not install > from source altogether?). >
Yes, it's difficult to get a patch nicely packaged. And a binary patch might be too out of place. (especially when it's _big_) > I don't know of other debian packages that distribue kernel patches. > Sistina just gives up and distribues a whole kernel with their debian > GFS packages. orion:tree$ apt-cache search kernel.*patch kernel-patch-2.2.17-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.2.17 kernel-patch-2.2.10-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for m68k kernel-patch-2.2.17-pc9800 - Diffs to the kernel source for Linux/98 (2.2.17) kernel-patch-2.2.13-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder kernel-patch-2.2.17-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC raidtools2 - Utilities to support 'new-style' RAID disks kernel-image-2.2.18-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.18. kernel-patch-2.0.36-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for Linux/m68k gatos - ATI All-in-Wonder TV capture software kernel-patch-2.2.17-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch. macgate - User-space programs for Appletalk-IP routing. dh-kpatches - Debhelper script to help packaging kernel patches kernel-patch-2.2.18pre21-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch. kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.18pre21. kernel-patch-2.2.15-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC kernel-patch-2.4.0-test9-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.4.0-test9 reiserfsprogs - *PRE-RELEASE* Tools for ReiserFS filesystems kernel-patch-2.2.15-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for the Rebel.Com NetWinder kernel-patch-2.2.18pre21-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC kernel-patch-2.2.17-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for m68k kernel-patch-2.2.18-openwall - patch to add extra security-related features to the linux kernel. kernel-patch-2.2.18-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch. kernel-patch-2.2.10-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder kernel-patch-2.0.37-raid - Drivers for 'new-style' RAID arrays lvs - Linux Virtual Server kernel patches and support programs kernel-patch-2.2.15-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch. kernel-patch-2.2.17-vm-global - Andrea Archangeli's 2.2.17pre11 vm-global patch, modified for 2.2.17. kernel-patch-kdb - Builtin kernel debugger. kernel-patch-int - International patch for the Linux kernel kernel-patch-2.2.17-p3 - Doug Ledford's 2.2.12 p3 patch, modified for 2.2.17. kernel-patch-2.2.17-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for the Rebel.Com NetWinder awe-drv - Linux AWE32 driver source and utilities kernel-patch-2.2.18-p3 - Doug Ledford's 2.2.12 p3 patch, modified for 2.2.18. kernel-patch-2.2.18-vm-global - Andrea Archangeli's 2.2.18pre25 vm-global patch. kernel-image-2.2.17-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.17. kernel-patch-2.2.18-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.2.18 kernel-patch-2.2.12-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid - Drivers for 'new-style' RAID arrays orion:tree$ !!! Now that's more than I thought there was.. dh-kpatches - Debhelper script to help packaging kernel patches This might be handy ;) Keep hacking, -- Eray (exa) Ozkural Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo
