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-<h1>DebConf 11</h1>
+<h1>Mini-DebConf Paris 2012</h1>
 <h2>The Linux kernel in Debian</h2>
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@@ -49,12 +50,12 @@
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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>
 </div>
 
 <div class="slide">
-  <h1>The author</h1>
-  <ul class="incremental">
+  <h1>Ben Hutchings</h1>
+  <ul>
     <li>
       Professional software developer since 1998
     </li>
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
     </li>
     <li>
       Debian kernel contributor since 2008; uploader since 2009
-      <ul class="incremental">
+      <ul>
 	<li>
 	  Initially trying to deal with the non-free firmware issue
 	</li>
@@ -85,6 +86,13 @@
   </ul>
 </div>
 
+<div class="slide">
+  <h1>Max Attems</h1>
+  <ul>
+    <li>TODO</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Linux kernel</h1>
   <ul class="incremental">
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
       Currently 5 general maintainers: Maximilian Attems, Bastian
-      Blank, dann frazier, Moritz Muehlenhoff and me
+      Blank, dann frazier, Ben Hutchings, Moritz Muehlenhoff
     </li>
     <li>
       Many more specialised contributors:
@@ -229,31 +237,32 @@
 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Official Linux kernel packages (1)</h1>
   <p>
-    Main source package is linux-2.6 (still!).  Most binary package
-    names change regularly.
+    Main source package is <span class="package">linux-2.6</span>
+    (still!).  Most binary package names change regularly.
   </p>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      linux-image-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var>-<var>flavour</var>
+      <span class="package">linux-image-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var>-<var>flavour</var></span>
       - compiled kernel and modules
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-headers-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var>-<var>flavour</var>
+      <span class="package">linux-headers-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var>-<var>flavour</var></span>
       (and others) - development package for OOT modules
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-libc-dev - headers for userland
+      <span class="package">linux-libc-dev</span> - headers for userland
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-source-<var>upstream</var> - for custom kernels
+      <span class="package">linux-source-<var>upstream</var></span> -
+      for custom kernels
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-doc-<var>upstream</var>, linux-tools-<var>upstream</var>,
-      etc.
+      <span class="package">linux-doc-<var>upstream</var></span>,
+      <span class="package">linux-tools-<var>upstream</var></span>, etc.
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-support-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var> - scripts and
-      metadata to support linux-latest-2.6
+      <span class="package">linux-support-<var>upstream</var>-<var>abi</var></span> -
+      scripts and metadata to support linux-latest-2.6
     </li>
   </ul>
 </div>
@@ -261,23 +270,27 @@
 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Official Linux kernel packages (2)</h1>
   <p>
-    The linux-latest-2.6 source package builds meta-packages to
-    support automatic upgrades between binaries built from linux-2.6.
+    The <span class="package">linux-latest-2.6</span> source package builds meta-packages
+    to support automatic upgrades between binaries built
+    from <span class="package">linux-2.6</span>.
   </p>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      linux-image-<var>flavour</var>
+      <span class="package">linux-image-<var>flavour</var></span>
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-headers-<var>flavour</var>
+      <span class="package">linux-headers-<var>flavour</var></span>
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-source, linux-doc, linux-tools, etc.
+      <span class="package">linux-source</span>,
+      <span class="package">linux-doc</span>,
+      <span class="package">linux-tools</span>, etc.
     </li>
   </ul>
   <p class="incremental">
-    The installer will normally install linux-image-<var>flavour</var>
-    (for some appropriate <var>flavour</var>).
+    The installer will normally install
+    <span class="package">linux-image-<var>flavour</var></span> (for
+    some appropriate <var>flavour</var>).
   </p>
 </div>
 
@@ -285,14 +298,17 @@
   <h1>Official Linux kernel packages (3)</h1>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      firmware-free - separate 'firmware' compliant with DFSG
+      <span class="package">firmware-free</span> - separate 'firmware'
+      compliant with DFSG
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-base - base package for images and tools
+      <span class="package">linux-base</span> - base package for
+      images and tools
     </li>
     <li>
-      linux-kbuild-2.6 builds linux-kbuild-<var>upstream</var> -
-      code used for building OOT modules
+      <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
     </li>
   </ul>
 </div>
@@ -317,14 +333,44 @@
   </p>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      <tt>make && make install</tt>
+      <span class="package">make && make install</span>
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>make deb-pkg</tt> - build packages
+      <span class="package">make deb-pkg</span> - build packages
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>make-kpkg</tt> - build packages with more customisation;
-      requires kernel-package
+      <span class="package">make-kpkg</span> - build packages with
+      more customisation; requires
+      <span class="package">kernel-package</span>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<div class="slide">
+  <h1>Extra features</h1>
+  <p>
+    Always aim to get patches merged upstream.  But many big features
+    that users want added are <em>not</em> merged upstream for a long
+    time.  Kernel team expects features to be upstream first, then
+    backported.
+  </p>
+  <p class="incremental">
+    But there have been exceptions:
+  </p>
+  <ul class="incremental">
+    <li>
+      OpenVZ and VServer - mostly reimplemented with cgroups and
+      namespaces
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Xen - now upstream; Linux 3.0 is a useful dom0 kernel!
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      aufs - needed for Debian Live
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      PREEMPT_RT - gradually being merged upstream; new option in
+      amd64 packages
     </li>
   </ul>
 </div>
@@ -341,13 +387,13 @@
   </p>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      <tt>dkms</tt> - builds and installs modules automatically.  Can
-      build packages for installation on other systems.  Also
-      supported by Ubuntu and SUSE.
+      <span class="package">dkms</span> - builds and installs modules
+      automatically.  Can build packages for installation on other
+      systems.  Also supported by Ubuntu and SUSE.
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>module-assistant</tt> - builds packages as directed.
-      Uses a separate package name for each kernel ABI.
+      <span class="package">module-assistant</span> - builds packages
+      as directed.  Uses a separate package name for each kernel ABI.
     </li>
   </ul>
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@@ -369,12 +415,13 @@
       files installed
     </li>
     <li>
-      Kernel team maintains <tt>firmware-nonfree</tt> source package
+      Kernel team maintains
+      <span class="package">firmware-nonfree</span> source package
       covering most firmware files that are clearly redistributable
     </li>
     <li>
       Also collected in linux-firmware.git repository maintained by
-      David Woodhouse and myself
+      David Woodhouse and Ben Hutchings
     </li>
   </ul>
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@@ -383,19 +430,20 @@
   <h1>Documentation</h1>
   <ul class="incremental">
     <li>
-      <tt>manpages-dev</tt> - the system call API
+      <span class="package">manpages-dev</span> - the system call API
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>linux-doc-</tt><var>upstream</var> - miscellaneous upstream
-      documentation
+      <span class="package">linux-doc-</span><var>upstream</var> -
+      miscellaneous upstream documentation
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>linux-manual-</tt><var>upstream</var> - the internal API,
-      based on structured comments
+      <span class="package">linux-manual-</span><var>upstream</var> -
+      the internal API, based on structured comments
     </li>
     <li>
-      <tt>debian-kernel-handbook</tt> - Debian-specific information;
-      currently also Linux-specific but could cover other kernels
+      <span class="package">debian-kernel-handbook</span> -
+      Debian-specific information; currently also Linux-specific but
+      could cover other kernels
     </li>
     <li>
       <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel</a>
@@ -417,7 +465,7 @@
 Redistribution is free but has to include this notice.
       -->
       <ul>
-	<li>Modified by me to add Debian open-ND logo</li>
+	<li>Modified by Ben to add Debian open-ND logo</li>
       </ul>
     </li>
     <li>
@@ -443,33 +491,6 @@ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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-	<li>Resized and coloured by me</li>
-      </ul>
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