[Fedora-packaging] Re: kmdls: very good support for custom kernels (was: kernel-module packaging discussing ...)

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Axel Thimm schrieb:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>
>> Axel Thimm schrieb:
>>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:54:06PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>>> Axel Thimm schrieb:
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:11:57PM +0300, Ville Skyttä wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 13:36 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>>>> And to cut to the chase: Ever tried to support special kernel rpms
>>>>> like swsusp2 or ccrma's low-latency kernels? I did and know it works
>>>>> for kmdl and will fail with kmod.
>>>> I looked into this once and I'd like to give people a bit more
>>>> background from my point of view:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, kmod fails for the swsusp2 kernel from http://mhensler.de/swsusp/.
>>>> But that's not directly a bug/problem in kmod. kmods would work if the
>>>> swsusp2 kernel would be packaged exactly in the same way as the FC
>>>> kernels are packaged. But that's not the case.
>>> which was done deliberately to not conflict with having the same name
>>> with a Fedora package, just as the highest mandate coming from Fedora
>>> to 3rd parties is, right?
>> Right, but it can be done in different ways, e.g. in a ways, that
>> follows the general naming and file-placing behavior from the Fedora
>> kernels or in ways that differ -- in case of the swsusp the latter was
>> chosen.
> Just outline a way that custom kernel packages could be created
> Fedora-conform and be supported by kmods,

Just use the same scheme that a new flavor in the main package would use.

CU
thl