Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-28 Thread Frans Pop
Sorry for not really responding to this earlier. I've been somewhat distracted by the GR nonsense going on... I saw the conversation with Joey on IRC yesterday, and I think my comments below are in line with that. On Sunday 24 September 2006 19:04, Max Vozeler wrote: Some possible approaches

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-28 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 06:40:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: In the in between time (for arches that have already switched to the new kernel), part of the functionality of the installer will be unavailable. Seems acceptable though. I think so too. I'll need to check that e.g.

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-28 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 28 September 2006 21:19, Max Vozeler wrote: So, based on (I think) all feedback received, I created a first package of this kind in /people/xam/kernel/; It includes only loop-aes-modules for now but can be extended to also handle other modules in a simple way once the need arises.

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Otavio Salvador
Max Vozeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Approach 1: Building module udebs in linux-kernel-di-* ... About the delay: It could be reduced by including all modules in linux-modules-extra-2.6, which is automatically updated whenever a new kernel version/ABI gets uploaded. Why not just add

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 03:28:52PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 25 September 2006 14:55, Otavio Salvador wrote: Why not just add support to mark a module supporting d-i udebs and teach linux-modules-extra-2.6 to build them. That would allow us to have just one point to

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 25 September 2006 14:55, Otavio Salvador wrote: Why not just add support to mark a module supporting d-i udebs and teach linux-modules-extra-2.6 to build them. That would allow us to have just one point to change/improve/fix for them. No. That solution has severe D-I release

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 25 September 2006 14:55, Otavio Salvador wrote: Why not just add support to mark a module supporting d-i udebs and teach linux-modules-extra-2.6 to build them. That would allow us to have just one point to change/improve/fix for them. No. That

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 25 September 2006 18:30, Otavio Salvador wrote: It'll be separately. linux-modules-extra uses package-source package to build the binary and when doing it, we would build the need udeb together. No. You _cannot_ build udebs from the same source package as regular binaries. That is

Re: RFC: out-of-tree module udebs

2006-09-25 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 25 September 2006 18:30, Otavio Salvador wrote: It'll be separately. linux-modules-extra uses package-source package to build the binary and when doing it, we would build the need udeb together. No. You _cannot_ build udebs from the same source