From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:46:43 +0200 References: <200806101714.14019.leo@domain.hid> <484E9EE7.4030904@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <484E9EE7.4030904@domain.hid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200806101746.43292.leo@domain.hid> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] kernel patches List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: rpm@xenomai.org Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org A Dimarts 10 Juny 2008, Philippe Gerum va escriure: > Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > > Hi, > > > > trying to compile a new kernel I have realised that with every new > > version of xenomai, you update to the new kernel version deleting the > > patch for the old version of the kernel. > > > > There's some special reason? I don't understand it. > > The Adeos project has officially released 722 patches over 7 different > architectures since June 6 2002; now, just imagine how the various patches/ > directories would look like if we did not remove the older versions. On > i386, we have patches for almost all kernels ranging from 2.4.2x to 2.6.25. > > The patches/ directory contains material which has been used to validate > the Xenomai release in question; this does not mean that no other patches > may be used. We actually have a decent record of maintaining backward > compatibility in that area. > > There is a recent FAQ entry giving some hints: > http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/FAQs Ok, I understand. Thank for the explanation. I have had a problem building the debian xenomai package till I have realised that I didn't have the correct patch, so I have investigated and I have found that you, in general, keeps the patch for the last kernel. "Maybe", keep the patch last two kernels wouldn't be too much afford. I have to addmitt that I was thinking in debian, because the xenomai debian package is shipped with a patch for a kernel version that it's not in debian. But, you knows, someone that use xenomai knows to download a vanilla kernel. Regards, Leo