Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test
On Tue, Oct 14 2008, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> 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) Debian firmware packages install the firmware files
>> directly under /lib/firmware, not /lib/firmware/$kernel-version.
>>
>> And Debian's udev does not consider the kernel-version when looking for
>> firmware. /lib/udev/hotplug.functions has:
>> FIRMWARE_DIRS='/lib/firmware /usr/local/lib/firmware /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware'
>
> In contrast, the latest upstream udev (130) has this:
>
> FIRMWARE_DIRS="/lib/firmware/$(uname -r) /lib/firmware"
Seems like rpm spec files are likely to be changed as well.
manoj
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- To: Евгений Маначкин <sfstudio@mail.ru>
- Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
- Subject: Re: Re: patch to 2.6.27 fix build rpm
- From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:24:12 +0400
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[Евгений Маначкин - Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:54:34PM +0700]
| This is OK ?
|
| --- linux-2.6.27/scripts/package/mkspec.orig 2008-10-11 00:00:38.000000000 +0700
| +++ linux-2.6.27/scripts/package/mkspec 2008-10-11 00:39:43.000000000 +0700
| @@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ fi
| echo "%install"
| echo "%ifarch ia64"
| echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/efi $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules'
| +echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/efi $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/firmware'
| echo "%else"
| echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules'
| +echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/firmware'
| echo "%endif"
|
| echo 'INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make %{_smp_mflags} modules_install'
| @@ -92,5 +94,6 @@ echo "%files"
| echo '%defattr (-, root, root)'
| echo "%dir /lib/modules"
| echo "/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE"
| +echo "/lib/firmware"
| echo "/boot/*"
| echo ""
|
Evgeniy, it should be something like that
---
From: Evgeniy Manachkin <sfstudio@mail.ru>
Subject: [PATCH] mkspec - fix build rpm
Patch description goes here
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Manachkin <sfstudio@mail.ru>
---
Patch body goes here
I didn't check the patch just show you the form of patch submission.
For example -- take a look on
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/15/2
or
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/15/20
Actually SubmittingPatches has a quite good description how to
make it right :)
- Cyrill -
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