On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 02:26:43PM +0200, Carlos Perell� Mar�n wrote: > El s�b, 04-10-2003 a las 13:31, Sven Luther escribi�: > > Hello, > > > > Hi > > > I am searching for testers for the new 2.4.22-2 serie of kernel packages > > before uploading them to the archive, and potentially breaking lot of > > stuff. > > > > They can be found at : > > > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.4.22 > > > I have a question about those kernels. Are they something like x86 ones > where you have all possible drivers as modules (ide, for example) and > then an initrd image so you will have a really small kernel with lots of > modules?
Nope, they are a small kernel and modules which goes installed in their right place, like the output of the make-kpkg kernel-images mostly. I don't think what you like is possible, since there is a limit on the size of the initrd for powerpc (3.3M or something such i think), and anyway, i don't see much what you gain by it. > That option is one thing I'm missing from x86 kernel images on powerpc. > > Also, a package like kernel-build-* will be really useful to compile > modules if you have a prepackaged kernel like yours. Mmm, effectively, that would be usefull, i was not aware that something such existed, i will be looking into it. Friendly, Sven Luther
