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Re: Basic question on debian kernel versions



On Tue, 2012-12-25 at 13:30 +0000, Bandi,Sarveshwar wrote:
> Ben,
>    I would like give next set of patches for updating the be2net
> driver. I still have problem is accessing the debian's source tree.

See
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official-vcs

> I do have the linux 3.2 source package which has my last patches
> applied to it. Can I port the patches from net-next tree against this
> source package?

Assuming you mean the source package 'linux' and not the binary package
'linux-source-3.2' then yes.  Start with the current version in unstable
(3.2.35-2), use 'dch' to add a new changelog entry, use 'quilt' to add
your patches, then send either:

- a debdiff between 3.2.35-2 and your new package (see the manual page
for debdiff)
- a tarball containing the added patches and new series file

However, all changes must be justifiable as important bug fixes or
support for new hardware.  New features, cleanup, minor bug fixes etc.
are not allowed, except if you need them as dependencies of the
important changes.

> Also, what should be values for Package and version when I open a bug
> for this?

Package: src:linux
Version: 3.2.35-2

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Every program is either trivial or else contains at least one bug

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