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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fa716c7efb --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Linux kernel for Debian +----------------------- + +Patches +------- +Debian applies small changes to the kernel source. These are split up into +separated patches addressing individual problems. Each of the patch files +contains a description and mentions the author. The patches can be found +in the source package or at +https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/<version>/debian/patches/ +(with the package version substituted). + +Config Files +------------ +The .config files used to build the various linux-image files are dynamically +generated during the linux package build. See the source package for +details. Each linux-image-* package provides the complete .config file that +was used to generate it. This file is installed in /boot. + +Scope of security support +------------------------- +Security support is provided not only for the binary builds, but also +for the full source package, allowing for locally customized kernels. +However, kernel options that are not enabled in official Debian builds are +given a lower priority for security support. Options marked as BROKEN +or EXPERIMENTAL are of very low priority, and should not be enabled in +customized builds for a security-sensitive environment. + +Building custom kernel binary packages +-------------------------------------- +We recommend using the 'make deb-pkg' target provided by the upstream +kernel source. + +Rebuilding official binary packages +----------------------------------- +You can build specific kernel binary packages using the targets in +debian/rules.gen, which have names of the form: + binary-arch_<architecture>_<featureset>_<flavour> + +Example: + make -f debian/rules.gen binary-arch_i386_none_686 + +Rebuilding Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx firmware +---------------------------------------- +You can rebuild the firmware for the Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx SCSI Adapters. To +do so you need to set AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE/AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE config +options. Note that this requires to have the development packages for +Berkeley Database (libdb-dev) installed. + +Non-free bits removed +--------------------- +See the Files-Excluded field in debian/copyright. + +Changelog +--------- +Older Debian changelog entries are no longer included in binary +packages, but can be found in debian/changelog.old in the source +package. + +Further information +------------------- +Debian Linux Kernel Handbook: + https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ + or debian-kernel-handbook package +Debian Wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel |