Re: linux-source-2.6.15 in sarge

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 16:34 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 02:17:12PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > Hi, thanks for the answer! In fact, I downloaed the .deb file from
> > > unstable and installed by hand with dpkg. The installation went fine,
> > > without complains about other files. My question is about the
> > > compiling process itself. Will the tools presents in sarge produce a
> > > reliable 2.6.15 kernel for sarge?
> > Define 'reliable' -- as reliable as any 2.6.15 kernel, at least :) 
> >
> > Take a look at the `kernel-package' package. It lets you build a kernel
> > .deb from any source tree (e.g. kernel.org's), with your own custom
> > .config file and your own EXTRAVERSION (e.g. 2.5.15-my-own-kernel).
>
> Hello Jon,
>
> I found that the readme of the linux-source-2.6.15 tree points to the 
> Documentation/Changes file in the same tree for the minimum version
> numbers of the programs required for compilation. Apparently, all files
> shipped with sarge are OK for compiling and running the 2.6.15 kernel...

Right. On Sarge I run 2.6.15-ck4 from here:
http://kernel.kolivas.org/

and make a deb for the desktop version with make-kpkg and dpkg -i 
<kernel_image> after that.

Excellent support for kernel questions.

H