[plug] Debian Kernel compile

[Cameron Patrick]

James Devenish wrote:

| You at least know that the Debian kernel packages will be compatible
| with the Debian userland packages (e.g. the kernel headers will match up
| with your userland software).

In Debian, as with most distributions, userland packages are not
compiled against kernel headers anyway.  Or rather they are, but not the
headers of the kernel you're likely to be running.

The kernel.org sources will be fine, and you can still use make-kpkg to
compile them into a Debian package.

| I would note that for a system such as Debian, the installation of a
| newer kernel entails a few upgrades to userland software. For example,
| here is a list of dependencies for the 2.4.23 (686) kernel in Debian
| testing:

That's only the case of the Debian sid kernel binaries.  Building and
using a 2.4.x kernels under woody will work; installing a
kernel-image-FOO package from sid will not.  Any 2.6.x kernel will
require a few backported packages.

Cameron.