Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

[Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com>]

Brian Nelson wrote:

> Why not just download the kernel-source package?  Similar to the
> vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied.

That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source
tree to which I can apply patches without worrying about whether they'll
conflict with whatever patches the Debian maintainers decided to apply.

> The package
> installs the bzip2'ed source in /usr/src.  Just tar -jxf it, configure
> with 'make menuconfig' or whatever, and then build a custom
> kernel-image package with 'make-kpkg kernel_image'.

I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over "make bzImage" and
manually installing the kernel image.

> I find it's much easier to manage and install kernel-images using
> the packaging system.

I have not found this to be the case. Installing kernels isn't that
complex a process anyway.

Craig