Re: Best kernel-building procedure
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:51:01AM -0500, David wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:49:10AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:20:32PM -0500, David wrote:
> > > Are you talking about the kernel.org packages here? The diff'ing
> > > I'm talking about is where you get say,
> > > kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21-orig.tar.gz from Debian, and apply,
> > > say, kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21-4.diff.tar.gz, from Debian..
> > > This diff will also work on a kernel.org source, too.. the only
> > > difference I see in the kernel.org and Debian *orig* package is
> > > that a few files have been removed in the Debian package.. I'd
> > > assume things that might not be in line with their GPL rules??
> >
> > Debian does not have "GPL rules". We have our own guidelines for
> > what constitutes free software, namely
> > http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines; the GPL is far
> > from the only acceptable licence.
>
> Yes, I realize that.. I just couldn't come up with the right term when
> I was typing.. and I was just guessing at the reason for the deletion
> of these files..
It's true that some files have been removed from the Debian kernel
source. /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.4.20/README.Debian.1st.gz on this
system (which may be a bit out of date) says:
Non-free bits removed:
* Keyspan firmware.
* SMC Token Ring firmware, driver disabled.
* ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled.
* DGRS firmware, driver disabled.
* DAB firmware, driver disabled.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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