Graham Cobb wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 09:25:36 Frantisek Dufka wrote: > >> Primary goal is to accumulate kernel patches so they do not get lost, >> secondary goal is to build kernel images for all devices and latest >> versions of all IT200x releases. Patches should primarily apply to >> kernel sources release in Maemo SDK (i.e not current linux-omap). >> > > Do you see this also addressing the related issue of building and > distributing > kernel modules? > > I have a package (sisusbvga) which contains a kernel module (to drive an > external VGA adapter). At the moment, I have built the kernel module using > the instructions on the wiki and then I package it up as a binary blob -- in > other words the debian package does NOT build the module from source. If > possible, I would like to change that so that the debian package builds the > module, in the autobuilder. > > Actually in my case the situation may be reasonably straightforward: the > sisusbvga driver is actually part of the standard Linux kernel, although a > patch is required to get it to build for the Internet Tablet (I ought to > submit the patch to LKML one day). So, I guess it falls within the scope of > this project anyway, assuming you are addressing the problem of kernel > modules as well as the kernel image itself. > > There are another couple of issues -- are they part of this project? > > Firstly, as it stands today, I can't find a way to install the module such > that it can be found and loaded automatically when the hardware is seen on > boot: /lib/modules is only in the initfs. > > The other problem is how to deal with kernel versions. I believe the plan > for > Maemo going forward is that even kernel upgrades may occur. What package do > I specify as a dependency so that my package only installs on the correct > kernel version? How do I get the autobuilder to build the various versions > of my module needed for the different kernel versions? What magic do I need > to put in my debian/control to get the installer to install the correct > version of my module for the kernel version? > I have a similar issue where I have to maintain the openafs kernel modules, but I am trying to get them to automatically build in the autobuilder. my module lives in a odd folder and is loaded by the init.d script so loading is taken care of. I will continue to maint the openafs kernel module along with the openafs package.
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