Re: "AOL-level help request": Packaging drivers that require kernel/pcmcia-cs source
Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
> I guess I just need someone to say, "for that, read this".
> First off, again, I'm kinda confused on where to begin (yeah,
> like you haven't heard that before, I know ;-). Is dh_make
> where I should start (our package is just a tarball)?
I just started playing with dh_make and I can see it is written to help
you package binaries/libraries. I guess this is where I'm having
difficulting picking up debian, because I'm talking about installing 3rd
party kernel modules and support binares.
E.g., this is an example of what our current RPMs install (and each RPM
is built from a kernel-specific SPECfile -- something I hope I can avoid
with Debian's powerful dpkg/apt system):
/etc/pcmcia
/etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng
/etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf
/etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts
/etc/wlan
/etc/wlan/shared
/lib/modules
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/net
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/net/p80211.o
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/net/prism2_pci.o
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/net/prism2_plx.o
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/pcmcia
/lib/modules/2.4.9-12/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
/sbin/nwepgen
/sbin/wlancfg
/sbin/wlanctl-ng
/sbin/wland
It's not a kernel patch though. It builds independently (like ALSA).
Again, I'm sorry about this being so "broad/elementary". I guess I just
need to start "playing" with the dpkg tools and see what does what
(there are just so many it seems).
-- TheBS
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