Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:55:56 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.ports.superh,gmane.linux.debian.devel.kernel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 12:24 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:43 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > Yes, I can give it a try tomorrow. Can I just apply the changes from the
> > > branch on top of the current kernel package and then just build the package
> > > with "dpkg-buildpackage -B" or is there anything else I need to know?
> > 
> > A few things (that you may know already):
> > 
> > - You can speed this up by deleting the other sh4 flavour definition in
> >   debian/config/sh4/defines.toml.
> > - Run "debian/rules debian/control-real" before building (and after
> >   deleting the other flavour).
> > - If you are cross building, use the "cross" build-profile.
> > - You can skip building user-space packages by using the
> >   "pkg.linux.notools" build profile.  (Without that, cross-build-
> >   dependencies may often be unsatisfiable due to version skew.)
> 
> OK, thanks a lot, this is very useful to know.
> 
> But just to clarify, can I just apply this to the current latest Debian
> package, run debian/rules debian/control-real and build the package
> normally?
> 
> Sorry, if that's too obvious, I just want to avoid producing noise.

You can apply it to the latest version in experimental, yes.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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