From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: henning.schild@siemens.com (Henning Schild) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:43:23 +0200 Subject: [cip-dev] CIP kernel debian packages available? In-Reply-To: <1505489264.1860.23.camel@codethink.co.uk> References: <20170915093555.5beb3b4e@md1em3qc> <1505483563.1860.7.camel@codethink.co.uk> <9892e86c-97dc-5715-dd11-fe892c39d549@siemens.com> <1505489264.1860.23.camel@codethink.co.uk> Message-ID: <20170915174323.2b9fdab5@md1em3qc> To: cip-dev@lists.cip-project.org List-Id: cip-dev.lists.cip-project.org Am Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:27:44 +0100 schrieb Ben Hutchings : > On Fri, 2017-09-15 at 16:04 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote: > > On 2017-09-15 15:52, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Fri, 2017-09-15 at 09:35 +0200, Henning Schild wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> i would like to integrate a CIP kernel into an x86_64 debian9, > > >> for starters a defconfig would be good enough. Is there by any > > >> chance a debian repo with cip kernels in it? > > > > > > Is this intended for Siemens use or for all CIP members with > > > applications using x86_64? > > > > We are currently the one with the immediate use case, but I could > > imagine that having such packages for x86-64 and maybe later on also > > i386 and arm64 would be beneficial for others as well. It's a > > matter of logistics and effort (at least initially). > > So long as you want your own kernel config, I would suggest building > packages using > 'make foo_defconfig && make deb-pkg' (substitute your preferred name > for 'foo'). Since Linux 4.3 this builds both source and binary > packages, so it should be easy to satisfy your source distribution > requirements this way. Thanks, that is exactly what i was doing already. > If we get to a point where members can use the CIP branch without > further patches and can share common configuration per-architecture, > then it may be worth making a fork of Debian's official kernel > packaging. But if not, I think that will be more trouble to maintain > than it's worth. Sure, i never wanted to suggest that we need that, i just wanted to know whether it already exists. Henning > Ben. > > > What do others think? > > > > Jan >