Re: linux source vs kernel-source

[Russ Cook <russcook@mbo.net>]

thanks Joerg,
 When I do apt-get update using unstable, I see kernel-source-2.6.8-8 
as most
recent version.  I didn't know 2.6.9.deb was available, and didn't know 
where
to find it.

thanks again,
  Russ
Joerg Johannes wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 16.11.2004, 15:59 -0600 schrieb Russ Cook:
>  
>
> > I generally compile my own kernel using kernel-package and the 
> > kernel-source packages from the debian sites.  But, at ftp.kernel.org 
> > are source files that are 2.6.9 vs 2.6.8.
> > These files are labeled linux-2.6.9 vs kernel-source-2.6.8.  My question 
> > is:  are the
> > linux-* source files modified when made in to kernel-source-*.deb 
> > files?
> >    
>
> Yes. Go to http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/kernel-source-2.6.9
> and read the "More information" section. There you can see that
> kernel-source-2.6.9 consists of [kernel-source-2.6.9_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz]
> which is identical to linux-2.6.9.tar.gz from kernel.org, and
> [kernel-source-2.6.9_2.6.9-1.diff.gz] which are the debian-specific
> modifications to the source package.
>
>  
>
> > Will the linux-* source files compile and build properly using the
> > kernel-package tools?
> >    
>
> They should compile just fine.
>
>  
>
> > If so, I'd like to use the higher rev linux-* source files, rather than 
> > wait for them to show up on the unstable sites as kernel-source-*.deb
> > files.
> >    
>
> No need to. There are only experimental sources on kernel.org and 2.6.9
> is the latest stable version (which is also available as
> kernel-source.deb). See the link above to download it from your
> preferred debian mirror.
>
> joerg
>