Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Mario Lang wrote: >> >> The module will first need to be included in the regular Debian kernel >> >> image packages of course. >> > >> > Ah, can't it be a separate package? >> >> Isn't linux-modules-extra-2.6 where all the extra modules belong? >> Seems logical to work speakup into the linux-modules-extra-2.6 source >> package and have it produce binary packages named speakup-modules-2.6* >> like the other module packages in there. >> >> > (speakup can now be compiled fully independently) >> >> linux-modules-extra-2.6 seems like the perfect place for speakup, now >> that it does not require the kernel to be patched anymore. > > No, linux-modules-* is for out-of-tree modules, NOT for modules that are > included in the upstream kernel source.
speakup is a bunch of out-of-tree modules... Previously, speakup needed a patch to the kernel to get its hooks in place. Since 2.6.24, the hooks have been merged into upstream sources, but speakup is still an out-of-tree project. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> .''`. | Get my public key via finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' : | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 `. `' `- <URL:http://delysid.org/> <URL:http://www.staff.tugraz.at/mlang/>
