Jaroslaw Polok wrote: > Hi all > > Here's the proposal we've already started discussing > during our Edinburgh HEPiX discussion on Scientific Linux > about packaging additional kernel modules in uniform > way: > > The most widely adopted format seems to be the one > from Fedora Guidelines: > > http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackagingKernelModules > > it allows for easy automating of kernel and associated > kernel-module-foo package(s) using apt-get (checked ;-)) > and yum (read on a mailing list -> to be verified) > > Apparently 3rd party add-on package builders > (http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/mega-merge.php) > also seem to agree (more-or-less) on this way -see > repo-coord archives for > May:http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/repo-coord/2004-May/ > (yes it is a flamewar running for couple of months now but calming > down slowely : majority seems to support this option...) > > We at CERN currently packaged following in this format: > > kernel-module-bcm5700-kversion > kernel-module-madwifi-kversion > kernel-module-openafs-kversion > kernel-module-xfs-kversion > kernel-module-alsa-kversion > > This is quite nice as in order to install add-on module > using apt I need to use only a command alike: > apt-get install kernel-module-xfs-`uname -r` and the > upgrade-kernel apt LUA script also handles upgrade > of such packages along with kernel upgrade auto-magically. > > I think we could try to standardize on this packaging guideline > for Scientific Linux too: what is your opinion ? > > (Most of these packages could go into SL contrib > area as these are not really site specific -> but > of course kernel dependent) > > Jarek [CERN Linux maintainer] > > __ > ------------------------------------------------------- > _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/ADC/LE _ > _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ > _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _ I think this is a good idea. I actually had been thinking of changing our AFS kernel modules to be the same way CERN's is. There just wan't time to get it into S.L. 3.0.1. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________