Re: [Gnewsense-dev] (UPDATED) Partial patch to gen-kernel

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:14:38 +0930
Karl Goetz <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Attached is a partial patch to modify gen-kernel. 
> It should fix the following bugs:
> 
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00212
>  - DeltaH - Kernel - non free licence /include/video/mach64
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00308
>  - b43 kernel module suggests installation of proprietary firmware
> 
> The code to modify the b43 related bug is commented out. I got help
> writing the sed line, and I have NFI what it does. I'm not putting it
> in without understanding.
> 
> If those two things can be fixed, the only other blocker for the next
> release is 248 (amslatex), which we are discussing in another thread.
> kk
> 

And because it looks like I  missed the point of the email:

Could someone else test it? For me it Doesn't Work. [1]
Else if someone knows how to fix it/work around checkmodule, that would
be wonderful too.
(I'm confused because I can't see any other work done for removing
modules in the deblob script past what I did here, but my removal
fails, and deblobs doesn't).
kk


[1]
dpkg-deb: building package `linux-kernel-devel' in
`../linux-kernel-devel_2.6.24-24.57_all.deb'. dpkg-deb: building
package `linux-source-2.6.24' in
`../linux-source-2.6.24_2.6.24-24.57_all.deb'. dpkg-deb: building
package `linux-doc-2.6.24' in
`../linux-doc-2.6.24_2.6.24-24.57_all.deb'. dpkg-deb: building package
`linux-headers-2.6.24-24' in
`../linux-headers-2.6.24-24_2.6.24-24.57_all.deb'. install
-d /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/abi/2.6.24-24.57/i386 sed -e
's/^\(.\+\)[[:space:]]\+\(.\+\)[[:space:]]\(.\+\)$/\3 \2 \1/'
\ /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/build/build-386/Module.symvers
| sort
> /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/abi/2.6.24-24.57/i386/386
Checking ABI for 386...check PASSED (good job, you saved yourself
some work) install
-d /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/abi/2.6.24-24.57/i386
find /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/build/build-386/ -name
\*.ko | \ sed -e 's/.*\/\([^\/]*\)\.ko/\1/' | sort
> /root/linux-working/linux-2.6.24/debian/abi/2.6.24-24.57/i386/386.modules
II: Checking modules for 386... reading new modules...read 1936
modules.
   reading old modules...
      MISS: atyfb
      read 1937 modules : new(0)  missing(1)
EE: Missing modules (start begging for mercy)
make: *** [module-check-386] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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