On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 08:58:44AM +0200, Kilian Krause wrote: > Hi Sven, > > > > /usr/src/kernel-patches/all/2.6.7/debian/patch-2.6.7-1.bz2 > > > /usr/src/kernel-patches/all/2.6.7/debian/patch-2.6.7-2.bz2 > > > > For this kind of stuff, it is better to work on the source package of > > kernel-source. > > > > try apt-get source kernel-source-2.6.7 and experiment with it. > > my point is: when installing a system and thus adding a new kernel, why > would i want to install a kernel with patches and settings i don't know?
Because it is the debian kernel, and you trust the debian-kernel maintainers to know what is best for you. If this is not the case, then you are big enough to look at the source package, are you not ? Or even at the kernel-source subversion repo if the package is too big for you. Alternatively, the kernel-patch package should provide the patches in split format, as well as the different patchsets. This is not done yet though, and would need kernel-package support. > So all i ask for is a policy-refence for the internal kernel-package > policy about: > - which patches are in (more than just the vanilla kernel) > - which hardware is supported > - which features are compiled in (like networking etc.) Sure, but adding this in the package description is overkill, and maybe even difficult to automate. > If that can be put on some web page for me to look at, that'd just be > terrific. Ah, what is your problem with : http://svn.debian.org/viewcvs/kernel/kernel/2.6/source/trunk/kernel-source-2.6.7-2.6.7/debian/patches Well, probably the tagged version thereof. > I *DO* understand that putting that into the description is not what you > guys want, so ok. Even a pointer to the SVN repository of kernel-source > would be ok, if that does list what i search for. > This all shall take place *before* moving some 300 MB (binary images, > sources, vanilla sources, crawling patch websites etc.) around the net > until finally finding the kernel-image i really do want to install (and > reading sources and docs and searching bits and pieces in README and > TODO files for like 3-4h until i find all info i need to know what went > into kernel-source). Like said, if you think you are big enough to know better than the debian-kernel team, you are also big enough to find out the info you want all by yourself. And in any case, just downloading the kernel-patch-debian package should in the future give you all the info you want. Friendly, Sven Luther
