Modular Kernel Packaging for Cloud

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > Agree, I don't think it makes much sense to split things into many small
> > pieces.
> >
> >> - Do you need/want a firewall (requires iptables, etc)?
> >
> > I'd say yes by default, but being able to remove it might be useful
> > (kernel-netfilter subpackage)?
> 
> So you agree multi-tiered subpackages is a bad idea,

On the hardware support side it is a bad idea I think.  Too many
different use cases and lines between them are blurry, so I suspect it
becomes messy quickly if you try to split it fine-grained.

> but then you
> propose a netfilter specific subpackage?  ... Probably not.  They'll
> likely just be in kernel-core.

"all netfilter modules" is pretty clear and so is the use case (=want
firewall).  But maybe not worth the trouble, didn't check what size they
sum up to.

cheers,
  Gerd