Re: Out of tree kernel images / Lustre image

[Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>]

dann frazier wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:06:23AM +0000, Bastian Blank wrote:
>   
>> If you want to be correct, you can't use linux-source. So the security
>> team have to support another kernel source.
>>     
>
> A kernel-patch package that applies on top of the kernel team's
> linux-source is the approach I'd suggest. But to reiterate, if
> something in a kernel update causes the patch to no longer apply, I
> would want to have a reliable contact (hopefully 2 people) whom we can
> call upon for assistance.
>
>
>   

How about the mISDN kernel modules as a format? I.e. preparing both
patches (ie linux-patch-lustre.deb) that build on top of the kernel(s)
(vanilla and debian) and
modules that install direct on the relevant kernels shipped in etch?
This is what I am currently
working on.

Regards
Alastair McKinstry