Bug#589562: ITP: ceph-dkms - ceph client kernel module

[Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>]

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-07-18 at 11:01 -0700, Sage Weil wrote:
> > Package: ceph-dkms
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
> > 
> > 
> > * Package name    : ceph-dkms
> > * URL             : http://ceph.newdream.net/
> > * License         : GPL2
> >   Programming Lang: C
> >   Description     : Ceph client kernel module [DKMS driver source]
> > 
> > The Ceph client Linux kernel module allows hosts to natively mount a Ceph 
> > file system.  This package provides teh kernel modules source with has
> > been prepared for use with DKMS.
> 
> Will this be the same code that has been accepted upstream?  If so, I
> think we could add it to the linux-2.6 package instead of creating a
> separate package.

It has.  The DKMS package is the latest code, though, with backport 
#ifdefs allowing it to build as far back as 2.6.27.  If that's 
inappropriate for debian, I can just keep those packages on the ceph 
site only.

sage