hi ya jeremy
- not to be nit picky .. but just a comment
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> Too many extra hoops?
>
> $ fakeroot make-kpkg -rev `hostname`.1 kernel_image
> $ sudo dpkg -i ../kernel-image....deb
> update lilo/grub [if needed]
assuming that the /usr/src/linux/.config is configured properly
most non-debianites will probably do:
make .. make bzlilo .. make modules ... blah ..
tar zcvf /usr/src/linux-2.4.latest.bin.tgz \
/usr/src/linux-2.4.latest\
/lib/moudles/linux-2.4.latest\
/etc/lilo.conf\
/boot/grub/menu.list
to install ..
same as all distro .. just install it
in my book, there is no significant advantage to make-kpkg + dpkg
> And the cool benefit of this is that you can save the kernel image .deb
> off incase you ever need to rebuild the system.
see above
> What kernel module problems exist in the debian kernel? You mean from
> modules I build using make-kpkg or the stock debian kernels?
stock kernel problems ... which is next to impossible to work for
"everybody for every combination of hardware"
sound doesn't work
ide/scsi doesn't work
x11 doesn't work
.. more fun stuff ...
... which is NO different than anybody else stock kernels
i like those phone calls .... ez $$$ ...
> This isn't unique to debian, but to all of linux. Debian provides the
> stock kernels for those who don't want to build their own.
see above
- the issue is if it takes them 5 min to do it one way and 50 minutes
a different way ... they might take one or the other depending on
their goals ( kill time and learn ) or get it done and move on
c ya
alvin
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