Re: Kernel package for powerpcspe
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--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> wrote:
> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
> Subject: Kernel package for powerpcspe
> To: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
> Cc: "Moffett, Kyle D" <Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 5:32 AM
> Hello Kernel team,
>
> Currently I plan to come up with a kernel package for the
> powercpspe
> which is currently in debian-ports. I have a few
> questions:
> - what is the easy way to create the kernel config? I guess
> you don't
> use vim for that :) I've found a ruby script in an
> earlier svn
> revision but it is gone now.
> - what are the rules for out-of-tree patches? I guess
> patches which are
> merged upstream but not yet in the debian-kernel are
> okay, everything
> else is unlikely to be accepted.
> - the initrd has to have an uImage header around it.
> Currently I
> install a script to
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/$(REAL_VERSION) to get this
> done during installation of the package. Is this
> okay or is something
> else prefered?
> - besides the kernel and initrd I have a device tree which
> contains all
> the relevant device informations for a single board.
> Is it okay to
> throw them in at
> $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(BOARD)-$(REAL_VERSION).dtb? It is
> very convinient in the D-I case because after the
> install the user has
> everything in /boot.
>
> Sebastian
>
more info
http://www.debian.org/ports/
http://www.debian-ports.org/
http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort
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