How to properly compile a kernel?

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
On Do, 2008-01-17 at 22:30 +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:

> Wolf Canis wrote:
> >>>> And there other sites too, but non of these are really working,
> >>>> because Cononical don't want that.
> 
> I bet this is not by intent.  IANAL, but I guess it could be a GPL
> violation if it would be by intent.
> 
canonical != ubuntu ...

decisions like the kernel package split are driven by technical, legal
or usability reasons (with focus on the enduser (read: ease of use of
the binary packages)) the restricted modules are a good example here,
including them in the kernel package would break teh GPL for example ...
the linux-ubuntu-modules package has a similar purpose of distinguishing
between kernel.org and ubuntu provided modules ...

what the heck makes anyone think here there are any political desicions
involved ? decisions like the kernel package split are made by the
ubuntu technical board, not by canonical. as i said before if there is
really a need out there to build custom *kernels* (not modules) (which i
still doubt for 99% of our users) and the way its done is not handleable
for experienced developers then there is something wrong and needs to be
improved, talk to the kernel team or if you think its important enough
put it on the agenda for the next technical board meeting to have it
discussed ...

i am surprised that wolf claims he likes ubuntu for its written words
but didnt discover the governance structure (community council,
technical board, loco teams etc) of the distro yet :)

> For me, the reason is to activate low-latency-desktop.  This is needed
> to get a smooth video playback with vdr-sxfe.  You just can't change
> scheduler strategy by only compiling additional modules.
thats why there is a -lowlatency kernel package in universe that
fulfills exactly this purpose and works with the shipped -modules
packages ;)

ciao
	oli
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