On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 09:19:58PM +0200, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Am Samstag, den 04.06.2005, 11:14 -0600 schrieb dann frazier: > > [...] > > > They contain the differences between the > > kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz and Debian's kernel sources. The > > important point here is that kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11.orig.tar.gz is > > not the same as linux-2.6.11.tar.gz. The differences are primarily due > > to the removal of non-redistributable files. These patches may apply > > cleanly to a vanilla linux tarball, but this is purely coincidental and > > not guaranteed. > > Thanks for your clarification! > > This means that at the moment there is no way to obtain a debian kernel > source tree short of downloading the kernel-source-2.*.orig.tar.gz. > > For bandwidth impaired people like me this is quite unfortunate. When I > already have a linux-*.tar.bz2 on a CD from a computer magazine, I'm > happy about not having to download an additional 40 megs (takes about > two hours here!), especially when 40 K of diffs would also do the job.
Well, the kernel-source-2.*.orig.tar.gz is obtained from the linux-*.tar.bz2 by runing the prune-non-free script on it, so you could do the exact same thing we debian/kernel developers do, and run that script on the pristine upstream sources. > So could the kernel team consider providing such diffs? (Doesn't have to > be as a .deb) No, since providing such a .diff result in distributing the undistributable firmware. Juste use the prune script, Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]