Re: debian-installer kernel policy
[Bastian Blank]
> hi folks
>
> i try to write a kernel policy for debian-installer.
This sound like a very good idea. It is good to see an starting point
for the discussion. :)
> it may make the communication between the d-i team and the kernel
> maintainers.
Did you drop some words from the sentence? It will make the
communication better, I guess?
> http://debian.ipv4.waldi.eu.org/debian-installer/kernel-policy/
Would it be possible to make one long web page instead of all the
small ones? It was painful to read it.
Some comments:
> Chapter 2. Requirements
> Linux
>
> Linux kernels which are used by the Debian-Installer must include
> the following parts:
> - devfs
> - tmpfs
> - ramdisk with initrd support
> - Unix Domain Sockets support
I believe the unix socket support can be in a module, as this is done
in the i386 kernel at the moment. I'm not sure if the tmpfs support
is needed. I'm not sure if devfs can be a module, or if it must
included in the kernel.
> Chapter 3. Packages
> Gerneral use Kernel Images
>
> The general use Kernel Images are out of the scope of this document.
Eh, we want to use a normal kernel in d-i, so the general kernel
images is not outside the scope of the d-i kernel documentation,
right?
> Chapter 3. Packages
> Debian-Installer use Kernel Images
> Linux
>
> The debian-installer use linux kernel images should be devided in
> more packages:
> linux-image-VERSION-udeb
>
> This package only include the kernel image themself.
> linux-modules-TYPE-VERSION-udeb
>
> Any of this packages includes a limited set of modules.
>
> This packages must be built with the same binaries than the general
> use kernel images.
Why the name change? The current packages are called
kernel-image-VERSION-udeb and TYPE-modules-VERSION-udeb, I believe.
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