Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:50:33PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for
> > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at :
> >
> > http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel
> >
> > or the apt source :
> >
> > deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel ./
> >
> > These packages include :
> >
> > 1) backported kernel-package, to be able to build the powerpc 2.6.12 kernels.
> >
> > 2) backported udev, which is needed for 2.6.12 and beyond kernels. I
> > disabled the selinux support though, as it is not present in sarge.
> >
> > 3) backported 32bit powerpc kernel packages. These are exactly the same as
> > the sid/etch ones (2.6.12-6), but i was forced to disable the 64bit
> > powerpc64 version, since there is no biarch toolchain in sarge. That said,
> > installing the sid/etch kernels would have worked just fine, so if you are a
> > 64bit user, please download linux-image-2.6-12-powerpc64 from etch/sid by
> > hand.
> >
> > Ok, i hope you all enjoy those.
>
> I am currently doing a build of these on i386, and will
> make them available when they are ready, hopefully in the next
> few hours.
>
> One thing I am wondering is if it makes sense
> to make the kernel-package build dependancy as follows,
> as it would allow the package to be built on a vanilla
> sarge for non-powerpc arches.
>
> kernel-package (>= 8.135) [!powerpc] | kernel-package (>= 8.135.sarge1) [powerpc]
I did another change, but maybe it was not needed, so i think the above is a
safe bet. If it builds for you, i will try it locallly.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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