On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 08:27:54AM -0800, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 08:06 -0700, Stefano Melchior wrote: > > Yes, correct. But I did something different: I updated the deb package > > that allows you create your own linux executable (from deb-source) or to > > have > > mine from deb. > > I asked a month ago to include my patch on official debian repository, > > testing and unstable, but still no answer from Matt. > > I sent 2 patches: one to support the 2.4.27 uml patch for its kernel > > version support, because on the stable (where you can not find the > > user-mode-linux deb) the supported kernel sources are for 2.4.27 and > > 2.6.8. > > Then I also provided a 2.6.12 patch to support that kernel version, too. > > This should allow user-mode-linux to be newly supported on unstable. > > I hope it is clear now. > > I can be a good idea, too, to use the resources you have just suggested. > > This may not directly apply to what is being discussed, but FWIW, I > noticed that the 2.6.14 kernel source supports > make ARCH=um deb-pkg > which seems to work nicely for building a working deb package. I > recently did the following: downloaded the 2.6.14.3 kernel source; > applied the 2.6.14-bs2 patch; applied Matt's (2.4.26-3um) > user-mode-linux patches for uml-switch, uml-net, and x-terminal-emulator > (from the user-mode-linux source); make ARCH=um menuconfig; then make > ARCH=um deb-pkg. So far it seems to run well.
that is just what my patch does over the first Matt's idea: you can finally run make-kpkg --arch=um [...] kernel-image that is the same, isn't it? The only thing is that, starting from Debian's linux-source-2.6.12 (and should be appliable with also later kernel version), the first Matt's method to create the linux binary, you now don't necessary need to patch the source, but only to select ARCH=um into the kernel configuration (before comiling). That is why you don't need the kernel-patch-uml deb package. Have a look at it at: http://etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org/~ste/debian/2426-3um_2612-1um_transition.patch I also provided my own kernel configuration file. It could be useful, since, when you need to update the kernel support for uml linux binary, you don't need to update dramatically the deb source pkg, but to update the config file at least. That is my opinion, of course. You all can help me to improve the patch. Thank you in advance SteX PS: this week end I would like to start the process to introduce the PPC support in debian. To find a possible solution to apply Luca Bigliardi's ppc patch over a kernel source. Let's see! -- GPG key = D52DF829 -- SteX -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org --- User#324592, http://counter.li.org http://www.openlabs.it/~stex -- http://www.stex.name
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