[fedora-arm] adding fake-kernel to repository

Matthew Garrett mjg at redhat.com
Wed Jun 8 18:09:45 UTC 2011


On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 01:54:29PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:

> The current test kernel is just a stock F15 kernel with a few config
> changes, and a single patch to fig a power regulation bug. I think it
> won't be too long before we can ask to get an official subpackage of the
> main Fedora kernel to carry these bits rather than the interim test
> status they have at the moment. But none of this was really why I sent
> the mail :) We'll get to a point where Fedora ARM can use a single
> standard kernel binary in due course, but until then (and for other use
> cases) I think there's value in perhaps considering having a fake
> provides kernel subpackage for those systems that need "kernel" deps but
> aren't going to or cannot run the stock Fedora kernel.

I'm clearly misunderstanding. If you have your own kernel images, why do 
you need the fake ones?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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