Re: [#599018 debian-faq] Section 10 (Debian and the kernel) is woefully out of date
Hi,
Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking to work on this long standing bug against debian-faq:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=599018
>
> I would appreciate a review, since the bugreport is more than 5 years old:
> is this all still relevant/true ?
>
>
> Quoting the bug submitter:
>
> 10.1: The libc kernel headers are no longer in libc6-dev; they're in
> linux-libc-dev.
>
> 10.2: The recommended way to compile the kernel into a Debian package is
> now to just run "make pkg-deb" after configuring it. kernel-package is
> no longer used for the official kernel packages, and tends to be overly
> complex.
>
> 10.4: modconf and /etc/modules.conf are deprecated and shouldn't
> actually get used anymore. The list of modules at boot-time is still
> /etc/modules but it rarely needs to be touched. Module-specific
> configuration is now done in /etc/modprobe.d.
Since the patch provided with the bugreport does no longer apply cleanly,
because some involved text has already been removed, I prepared a new
patch, attached.
Holger
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--- kernel.sgml (Revision 11168)
+++ kernel.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
most recent <em>stable</em> releases of the <strong>kernel</strong> headers.
If you happen to need to compile a program with kernel headers newer than
the ones from the stable branch, then you should either upgrade the package
-containing the headers (<package/libc6-dev/), or use the new headers from an
+containing the headers (<package/linux-libc-dev/), or use the new headers from an
unpacked tree of the newer kernel. That is, if the kernel sources are in
<file>/usr/src/linux</file>, then you should add
<tt>-I/usr/src/linux/include/</tt> to your command line when compiling.
@@ -20,15 +20,11 @@
kernels?
<p>Users who wish to (or must) build a custom kernel are encouraged to
-download the package <package/kernel-package/. This package contains
-the script to build the kernel package, and provides the capability to
-create a Debian <package>linux-image-<var>version</var></package>
-package just by running the command
- <example>make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image</example>
-in the top-level kernel source directory.
-Help is available by executing the command
- <example>make-kpkg --help</example>
-and through the manual page <manref name="make-kpkg" section="1">.
+use the Debian package target included with recent versions of the kernel
+build system. After configuring the kernel, simply run the following command:
+ <example>make deb-pkg</example>
+The new kernel package will be created in the directory one level above the
+kernel source tree, and it may be installed using <tt>dpkg -i</tt>.
<p>Users must separately download the source code for the most recent
kernel (or the kernel of their choice) from their favorite Linux archive
@@ -36,9 +32,16 @@
is available (where <var>version</var>
stands for the kernel version).
-<p>Detailed instructions for using the <package/kernel-package/ package
-are given in the file <file>/usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz</file>.
+<sect id="modules">What special provisions does Debian provide to deal with
+ modules?
+<p>A configuration file containing modules to be manually loaded at boot time
+is kept at <file>/etc/modules</file>. However, editing this file is rarely needed.
+
+<p>Other module configuration is kept in the <file>/etc/modprobe.d/</file>
+directory. More information about the format of those files can be found in
+the <manref name="modprobe.conf" section="5"> manual page.
+
<sect id="removeoldkernel">Can I safely de-install an old kernel package,
and if so, how?
@@ -50,3 +53,8 @@
<example>dpkg --purge linux-image-<var>NNN</var></example>
(replace <var>NNN</var> with your kernel version and revision number, of course)
+
+<sect id="moreinfo">Where can I get more information about Linux packages for Debian?
+
+<p>Further information is maintained in the <url name="Debian Linux Kernel
+Handbook" id="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/";>.
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