Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:51:18PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:35:18AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for
> > > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at :
> > >
> > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel
> > >
> > > or the apt source :
> > >
> > > deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel ./
> > >
> > > These packages include :
> > >
> > > 1) backported kernel-package, to be able to build the powerpc 2.6.12 kernels.
> > >
> > > 2) backported udev, which is needed for 2.6.12 and beyond kernels. I
> > > disabled the selinux support though, as it is not present in sarge.
> > >
> > > 3) backported 32bit powerpc kernel packages. These are exactly the same as
> > > the sid/etch ones (2.6.12-6), but i was forced to disable the 64bit
> > > powerpc64 version, since there is no biarch toolchain in sarge. That said,
> > > installing the sid/etch kernels would have worked just fine, so if you are a
> > > 64bit user, please download linux-image-2.6-12-powerpc64 from etch/sid by
> > > hand.
> > >
> > > Ok, i hope you all enjoy those.
> >
> > I have done an i386 build of these packages for i386, without
> > modification
> >
> > http://packages.vergenet.net/testing/linux-2.6/
>
> I have done a second build, with the following changes, as 2.6.12-5.99.sarge2
> Only the first change is relevant, URL as immediately above :)
>
> * Change kernel-source build dependancy to
> kernel-package (>= 8.135) [!powerpc] | kernel-package (>= 8.135.sarge1) [powerpc]
> so that this package can be build on an unmodified sarge install
> on non-powerpc
> * Add myself and Sven Luther as uploaders
I have withrawn the 2.6.12-5.99.sarge2 packages, and the URL above
now only has the 2.6.12-5.99.sarge1 variant.
The reason for this is, despite the build dependancy, they were actually
built with kernel-package 8.135.sarge1, so they are identical to the
2.6.12-5.99.sarge1 packages. Furthermore, I have been advised
by Andres Salomon and Sven Luther that kernel-package 8.135
cannot build these packages because because of incompatibility
with the defconfig target - I don't know more than that.
--
Horms
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