Kernel 2.6.31.5-firebird released for Debian/Ubuntu (Firebird)
As I wrote in my previous post, today I am launching the new kernel package for Debian/Ubuntu 2.6.31.5-firebird based on kernel version 2.6.31.5. This new package contains the latest kernel, acerhdf module for Acer Aspire One (version 0.5.19) and coretemp patched for Intel Atom processors. If you wanna read more about what this new kernel packs, please check out http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5.
Usually, I do not release any kernel package based on kernel version 2.6.31.[0-9] as I had some bad experience with it, plus it didn’t function as I would wished, but after some tests with this new kernel version I end-up with the conclusion it needs to be released.
Because the installation of this packages is the same as any Debian/Ubuntu package, I wont explain it, but I can tell you all what you need to download and from where you can download this packages. First of all, you will need at least the linux-image-2.6.31.5-firebird_1_i386.deb package to be able to use this kernel and you can download it from http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/2.6.31.5-firebird/ and if you are thinking of building you own kernel, maybe for a different Linux distribution or just because you want to, you can download the source code and kernel config file from http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/source/.
To end this post, I will ask you again, like every time to test, check, play and use this packages and drop me a note for any issues or even just that it works.
Cheers you all!
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Thanks very much for providing the kernel. But compiling modules with having just the headers package installed seems to be impossible:
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31.5-firebird/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu’. Stop.
My guess is this is due to the headers package being created by an outdated version of ‘kernel-package’. Later versions of this package contain instructions to include those files. Fixing this issue would be great.
Hi, for that, you need to download also linux-source deb package, install it and then unpack it, link it to /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-firebird/build and source, then make oldconfig and make prepare, if it doesnt work then maybe make modules too.
Good luck!
P.S. after installing the linux-source deb package, you should change path to /usr/src and you will find there the archive tar.bz2
Sure, but it’s inconvenient. Compare the file debian/ruleset/targets/headers.mk with the version which is provided with the Ubuntu package “kernel-package”. The latter contains rules for Makefile_32.cpu. Thanks anyway.
Yeah I know, but to be honest, I’m not sure how debian/ubuntu are doing it. So until I will find out, this is the only way to work with it.