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There are two other things that I want to change for this release, both |
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related to kernels. |
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1) kick out any and all code references to 2.4 kernels, assuming none |
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are available for that arch -- note that things like vanilla-sources |
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(which may have been a 2.4 kernel package) are unsupported. 2.6 only as |
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much as possible. |
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2) update kernel install directions: no more "cp vmlinuz foo" or any |
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more "cp arch/whatever bar". let's get this thing modernized. No need |
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for it; a simple "make && make modules_install && make install" does the |
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whole thing for you, no manual intervention is required, beyond reading |
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grub.conf to make sure it's pointed to kernel /vmlinuz. "make install" |
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is much better than the cp crap. |
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Thoughts? Also, can I get some help in tracking down people from the |
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alpha, hppa, sparc, and MIPS arch teams on answering a few questions, |
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such as do they have a packages CD for this release (or any other |
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CD/media changes), what version will their included kernel be, any |
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changes to the CFLAGS currently listed at the top of handbook-$arch.xml, |
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etc. Maybe someone from releng knows all that? Would be much |
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appreciated, thanks. Well, in addition to finding out the usual "has |
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anything changed in the install procedures for your arch in this |
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release". ;) |
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I figure we have two weeks, tops, to make this all happen, so let's pull |
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it together and get rolling. I've already added the networked stuff to |
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draft/ and have begun working on them. Go get 'em! :) |