On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 02:40 +0800, Yi Zhao wrote:
> hello:
> 
> I got the kernel source by command apt-get source linux-2.6, I got the
> files:
> drwxr-xr-x 22 zhaoyi zhaoyi     4096 2009-08-05 02:04 linux-2.6-2.6.26
> -rw-r--r--  1 zhaoyi zhaoyi  7379386 2009-07-27 03:55
> linux-2.6_2.6.26-17lenny1.diff.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 zhaoyi zhaoyi     5777 2009-07-27 03:55
> linux-2.6_2.6.26-17lenny1.dsc
> -rw-r--r--  1 zhaoyi zhaoyi 61818969 2009-03-14 00:40
> linux-2.6_2.6.26.orig.tar.gz
> 
> But, I can't find tg3 option from "make menuconfig", I have found
> infomation from /usr/src/linux_2_6_26/drivers/net/Kconfig:
> > config TIGON3
> >        tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
> >        depends on BROKEN
> >        depends on PCI
> 
> I think this module is broken.
> 
> my question is that:
> 1. Do I need to apply patch linux-2.6_2.6.26-17lenny1.diff.gz again
> manually?

The Debian patches are stored under the subdirectory debian/patches as
this makes it easier to manage them.

> 2. how could I build tg3 into kernel when I do kernel compile?
> 3. I have got another souce by "apt-get install linux-source-2.6.26",
> but, I can build tg3 from this source code, what is the different
> between this tow source which is got by apt-get install and apt-get
> source, the version is different??

That is the kernel source with the Debian patches applied.  If you want
to customise a kernel for your own use then it is probably easier to use
this.

If you want to use the same method as the official kernel image patches,
see <http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage>.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Unix is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.

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