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  • From: David Brown <dmlb2000 AT gmail.com>
  • To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] Linux Spell Custom Kernel Issues
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:37:22 -0700

=== DKOWIS: FROM http://smbugs.isurf.ca/show_bug.cgi?id=10032#c2 ===
How about applying something neat to the CUSTOM part, making it truly custom.
Instead of acquiring the sources and such itself, I'm proposing it handle the
CUSTOM in the same way debian does. You (the user) sets up your own kernel
environment and runs the configure however you choose. Then you'd cast linux and
select CUSTOM, enter the directory of your freshly configured kernel, and then
cast takes it from there, runs everything beyond the configuration part. I think
the flexibility offered by such things makes it quite handy :) This would allow
me to install patches that aren't in the linux spell yet and that I'm too lazy
to file bugs on. Or perhaps I feel like being a l33t kernel haxx0r and I want to
change a string or something :)
=== End of bug comment ===

So what I'm seeing is that you want a way to be able to install a kernel without having to go through the selection of kernels and patches.

I think in an abstract way saying "use /usr/src/linux as my kernel and go!!" would be a good idea but I'm wondering if this should even be a part of the linux spell. (I'm concerned about bloat features that could be better implemented solutions elsewhere)

Either making a set of scripts (similar to genkernel) or making some sort of advanced linux-custom spell that would 'just do the compile and install' might be a better solution than adding more sentinal values for the linux spell to handle...

My view on what the linux spell should be is as follows:
The linux spell isn't everything for everyone, the main purpose is to provide a easy to understand highly configurable interface for beginning to moderate linux users.

That's why I don't think an advanced feature like custom kernel or the suggested change to the custom part of the spell should even be in there...

Any Comments and Suggestions are welcome :)

- David Brown



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