Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Oct 14 2008, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Problem is that even though this may avoid package conflicts, it is *not* >> correct given the way Debian currently looks for firmware. Also, it is >> not the way upstream recommends

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Please hit me with the cluebat; apparently I'm not understanding anything. Why > would I want to have more than one firmware installed? AIUI, the firmware is The firmware has an ABI to the kernel driver. If it changes, both have to change. This has ha

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Please hit me with the cluebat; apparently I'm not understanding > anything. Why would I want to have more than one firmware installed? > AIUI, the firmware is meant to be installed into the hardware and as > such shouldn't be tied to the kernel version.

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Seems like upstream udev firmware loader does look at > > /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)/, which seems sane. > > > >Why was this removed? > > It wasn't removed, upstr

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Felipe Sateler
Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> This means that if you start installing the same firmware file under >> versioned directories, udev will use the first one it finds. Which >> will be the one for some $random kernel version and not the one for >> the currently running kernel. > > This is not a sound arg

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Manoj and other Kernel-Maintainers, Thank you for doing this hard job... I am ongoing to test the new "kernel-package". Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Frans Pop
Paul Wise wrote: > In contrast, the latest upstream udev (130) has this: > FIRMWARE_DIRS="/lib/firmware/$(uname -r) /lib/firmware" From what I've seen on lkml I suspect this has mainly been added because some distributions _do_ install firmware is versioned subdirs. Debian currently does not sup

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Seems like upstream udev firmware loader does look at > /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)/, which seems sane. > >Why was this removed? It wasn't removed, upstream added that after the version of udev in Debian.

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Oct 13 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > Manoj wrote: >> It correctly installs firmware in a versioned location under >> /lib/firmware. > > Problem is that even though this may avoid package conflicts, it is > *not* correct given the way Debian currently looks for firmware. Also, > it is not the wa

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem is that even though this may avoid package conflicts, it is *not* > correct given the way Debian currently looks for firmware. Also, it is > not the way upstream recommends to install firmware. > > All (non-free) Debi

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-13 Thread Frans Pop
Manoj wrote: > It correctly installs firmware in a versioned location under > /lib/firmware. Problem is that even though this may avoid package conflicts, it is *not* correct given the way Debian currently looks for firmware. Also, it is not the way upstream recommends to install firmware. All

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-11 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Manoj Srivastava engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: >--} Hi folks, >--} >--}         A new version of kernel-package has made its way to unstable. >--}  This is a extensive change, and addresses most of the problems that >--}  have been plaguing kernel-package, part

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Be sure to get kernel-package_11.005_all.deb. The 11.005 fixes a critical regression, born of a copy&paste error from late night hacking. Sorry for the inconvenience. manoj -- Spence's Admonition: Never stow away on a kamikaze plane. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <

Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi folks, A new version of kernel-package has made its way to unstable. This is a extensive change, and addresses most of the problems that have been plaguing kernel-package, partially thanks to patches provided by other folk. The new version works with the merged x86 code in r