Re: First Beowulf cluster. Some pointers?
Rob Latham wrote:
>
> Eray Ozkural (exa) (erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr) said:
> > Viral and I have been talking about it. now that 2.4.x is out and usable
> > we might start producing some results. One thing that bugs me is
> > whether debian kernel module packages can be done for 2.4.x?
>
> I don't think the kernel modules will be your big problem: rather,
> it's the kernel patching that makes it tough. lm_sensors, for
> example, has a module-only option, which makes packaging it a bit
> easier (download lm_sensors-source, rebuild against your kernel, go),
> but even that becomes a pain. (as long as i rebuild, why not install
> from source altogether?).
>
Yes, it's difficult to get a patch nicely packaged. And a binary
patch might be too out of place. (especially when it's _big_)
> I don't know of other debian packages that distribue kernel patches.
> Sistina just gives up and distribues a whole kernel with their debian
> GFS packages.
orion:tree$ apt-cache search kernel.*patch
kernel-patch-2.2.17-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.2.17
kernel-patch-2.2.10-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for m68k
kernel-patch-2.2.17-pc9800 - Diffs to the kernel source for Linux/98 (2.2.17)
kernel-patch-2.2.13-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder
kernel-patch-2.2.17-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC
raidtools2 - Utilities to support 'new-style' RAID disks
kernel-image-2.2.18-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.18.
kernel-patch-2.0.36-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for Linux/m68k
gatos - ATI All-in-Wonder TV capture software
kernel-patch-2.2.17-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch.
macgate - User-space programs for Appletalk-IP routing.
dh-kpatches - Debhelper script to help packaging kernel patches
kernel-patch-2.2.18pre21-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch.
kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.18pre21.
kernel-patch-2.2.15-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC
kernel-patch-2.4.0-test9-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.4.0-test9
reiserfsprogs - *PRE-RELEASE* Tools for ReiserFS filesystems
kernel-patch-2.2.15-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for the Rebel.Com NetWinder
kernel-patch-2.2.18pre21-powerpc - Diffs to the kernel source for PowerPC
kernel-patch-2.2.17-m68k - Diffs to the kernel source for m68k
kernel-patch-2.2.18-openwall - patch to add extra security-related features to the linux kernel.
kernel-patch-2.2.18-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch.
kernel-patch-2.2.10-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder
kernel-patch-2.0.37-raid - Drivers for 'new-style' RAID arrays
lvs - Linux Virtual Server kernel patches and support programs
kernel-patch-2.2.15-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch.
kernel-patch-2.2.17-vm-global - Andrea Archangeli's 2.2.17pre11 vm-global patch, modified for 2.2.17.
kernel-patch-kdb - Builtin kernel debugger.
kernel-patch-int - International patch for the Linux kernel
kernel-patch-2.2.17-p3 - Doug Ledford's 2.2.12 p3 patch, modified for 2.2.17.
kernel-patch-2.2.17-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for the Rebel.Com NetWinder
awe-drv - Linux AWE32 driver source and utilities
kernel-patch-2.2.18-p3 - Doug Ledford's 2.2.12 p3 patch, modified for 2.2.18.
kernel-patch-2.2.18-vm-global - Andrea Archangeli's 2.2.18pre25 vm-global patch.
kernel-image-2.2.17-ide - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.17.
kernel-patch-2.2.18-reiserfs - ReiserFS support for Linux 2.2.18
kernel-patch-2.2.12-netwinder - Diffs to the kernel source for Corel NetWinder
kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid - Drivers for 'new-style' RAID arrays
orion:tree$
!!!
Now that's more than I thought there was..
dh-kpatches - Debhelper script to help packaging kernel patches
This might be handy ;)
Keep hacking,
--
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo
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