[elrepo] Kernel-ml Packages for EL6

[Steve Clark]

On 08/05/2011 01:43 PM, Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote:
>
>> On 4 August 2011 20:59, Alan Bartlett<ajb at elrepo.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> Now another request for your input, please. What should I do with the
>>> kernel-ml-firmware package? If you cannot immediately see the
>>> significance of my question, consider what I had to do with the
>>> kernel-headers for EL5. No doubt our friendly RPM packaging guru, Dag
>>> Wieers, will make a few comments but I would like all of you so
>>> interested to discuss it here, please. If I do not join in the
>>> discussion, or otherwise respond, please be aware that I will still be
>>> following the proceedings with interest. My ultimate choice will be as
>>> a result of your deliberations.
>> My latest status update.
>>
>> All is well in the kernel-ml spec file up to and including the one
>> line following the call of the "clean" macro. What remains to be done?
>> The requisite "post", "preun" and "files" sections.
>>
>> Any views on the kernel-ml-firmware package, as mentioned yesterday?
>> Or do you all intend to give me "free rein" and then criticise what I
>> ultimately provide? :)
> I don't think there's much we can do, like kernel-headers. Either update,
> or conflict. But since we don't expect the kernel-ml to be an upgrade
> path, I would make it conflicting (and thus a manual step).
>
> There is a big difference between kernel-headers and kernel-firmware in
> the sense that newer firmware may not work with older kernels, or older
> firmware may fail with newer kernels. But if that's the case it's not
> designed very well (the aim is to be able to have multiple kernels that
> can be booted at all times, right ?)
>
> In any case, users are on their own so I wouldn't make it easy to install
> kernel-ml-firmware (and hard to go back), I prefer to make it hard to
> install (and hard to go back ;-)). What do others think ?
>
I think that is fine as long as it is spelled out what the steps are.  Most people who will be running
a -ml kernel "probably" know what they are doing.

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