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<h1>The Linux kernel in Debian</h1>
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-<h3>Ben Hutchings</h3>
+<h3>Ben Hutchings and Max Attems</h3>
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- <h1>The author</h1>
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+ <h1>Ben Hutchings</h1>
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Professional software developer since 1998
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and PCI code as necessary
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+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Maintaining Linux 3.2.<var>y</var> stable update series on
+ kernel.org
+ </li>
+ </ul>
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Debian kernel contributor since 2008; uploader since 2009
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+ <ul>
<li>
Initially trying to deal with the non-free firmware issue
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+ <h1>Max Attems</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li>TODO</li>
+ </ul>
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+
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<h1>Linux kernel</h1>
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- <h1>Linux release model (1)</h1>
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- The old model:
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- Each stable release had even second component. Bug fixes and
- minor features in stable releases with third component
- incremented (e.g. 2.4.27)
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- Major development done separately, resulting in series of
- unstable releases with odd second component (e.g. 2.5.50)
- </li>
- <li>
- After a year or two, development resulted in a new stable
- release
- </li>
- <li>
- Problem: users waited years for new features, and then got many
- more changes all at once. Particularly bad in the 2.4-2.6
- transition.
- </li>
- </ul>
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- <h1>Linux release model (2)</h1>
+ <h1>Linux release model</h1>
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- The new model:
+ Since ~2004:
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- Each 2.6.<var>x</var> release has stable update branch; releases
- numbered 2.6.<var>x</var>.<var>y</var>
+ Each 2.6.<var>x</var> and 3.<var>x</var> release has a stable
+ update branch; releases numbered 2.6.<var>x</var>.<var>y</var>
+ and 3.<var>x</var>.<var>y</var>
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Usually closed shortly after next stable release, but may
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- <li>
- Linux 3.0 doesn't change this, except that <var>x</var> is now
- the second component and <var>y</var> is the third
- </li>
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Currently 5 general maintainers: Maximilian Attems, Bastian
- Blank, dann frazier, Moritz Muehlenhoff and me
+ Blank, dann frazier, Ben Hutchings, Moritz Muehlenhoff
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Many more specialised contributors:
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<h1>Official Linux kernel packages (1)</h1>
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- Main source package is <span class="package">linux-2.6</span>
- (still!). Most binary package names change regularly.
+ Main source package is <span class="package">linux</span>. Most
+ binary package names change regularly.
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<span class="package">linux-doc-<var>upstream</var></span>,
- <span class="package">linux-tools-<var>upstream</var></span>, etc.
+ <span class="package">linux-manual-<var>upstream</var></span>, etc.
</li>
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<span class="package">linux-support-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var></span> -
- scripts and metadata to support linux-latest-2.6
+ scripts and metadata to support linux-latest
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<h1>Official Linux kernel packages (2)</h1>
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- The <span class="package">linux-latest-2.6</span> source package builds meta-packages
+ The <span class="package">linux-latest</span> source package builds meta-packages
to support automatic upgrades between binaries built
- from <span class="package">linux-2.6</span>.
+ from <span class="package">linux</span>.
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images and tools
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- <span class="package">linux-kbuild-2.6</span> builds
- <span class="package">linux-kbuild-<var>upstream</var></span> -
- kernel build system and tools for building OOT modules
+ <span class="package">linux-tools</span> builds
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <span class="package">linux-kbuild-<var>upstream</var></span> -
+ kernel build system and tools for building OOT modules
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <span class="package">linux-tools-<var>upstream</var></span>
+ - perf tool
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <span class="package">usbip</span> - usbip configuration
+ tools
+ </li>
+ </ul>
</li>
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- OpenVZ and VServer - mostly reimplemented with cgroups and
- namespaces
+ OpenVZ and VServer - being reimplemented upstream with cgroups
+ and namespaces
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<li>
- Xen - now upstream; Linux 3.0 is a useful dom0 kernel!
+ Xen - now upstream
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<li>
aufs - needed for Debian Live
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PREEMPT_RT - gradually being merged upstream; new option in
- amd64 packages
+ amd64 and i386 packages
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Also collected in linux-firmware.git repository maintained by
- David Woodhouse and myself
+ David Woodhouse and Ben Hutchings
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