Mike's actual problem

Lorn Potter lpotter at trolltech.com
Thu Aug 7 00:47:10 CEST 2008


Andy Green wrote:
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> Hi -
> 
> The discussion about where to put a git hash for versioning is too
> esoteric to get passionate about in itself.  I woke up this morning
> realizing what the actual issue is here.
> 
> Mike has been putting out some kernel binaries on his page for a while,
> just the monolithic kernel.  Until now, that has generally worked out OK
> because his sources are presumably largely tracking our git and his
> kernel binary re-used the modules installed by our packages.
> 
> However once we properly protect modules against being used by a
> different kernel, as I propose and would like to see happen, Mike and
> others will be unable to ad-hoc issue third party binary kernels as
> before due to all the extra modules being missing.

Why are you going to do that?
Mike would not have to create his own kernel+patches if things he fixes were getting fixed in the 
mainline openmoko kernel.

> 
> What we could do with is a short and sweet way to build kernel
> *packages* described without taking on the whole OE experience.  The
> kernel should be pretty amenable to this because it has no dependencies
> on the rest of the target side during build.  Like, "wget this bb file
> from here, and run xyz in the kernel dir, you will find an opkg left there".
> 
> Mike would then be able to go on with his kernel binaries on an even
> footing with ours, as packages, and I guess his objection to protecting
> the modules against use by wrong kernel will disappear.
> 

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Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Systems Group, Trolltech, a Nokia company





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