Re: [gNewSense-users] Cleaning vanilla kernel

[Karl Goetz]

jeff wrote:
> I am interested in building a cleaned out kernel for the distro that 
> does not exist. ;)
>
> I've been going through the firmware-removed[1] list. Some strike me as 
> a bit odd for being removed, but perhaps it is because gnewsense is 
> using the upstream ubuntu kernel which may have more 0xFF in it than the 
> vanilla kernel. In fact, a number of files listed in firmware-removed 
> don't appear in the 2.6.19.2 kernel.
>
> What I am wondering is if there is any patch that gnewsense applies to 
> remove all of these bits. If there is, where is it? I went through the 
> source trees in archive, but I could only find ubuntu kernel patches. 
> Admittedly I'm not as familiar with how .deb builds it's packages so 
> perhaps that patch is just sitting there.
>
> In sum, how can I apply the gnewsense kernel patch to a vanilla kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jeff
>
> [1] 
> http://svn.gnewsense.svnhopper.net/gnewsense/builder/trunk/firmware/firmware-removed 
download the builder source and look at the kernel-dev scrip (spelling 
is roughly that). The script is written for the .15 kernel from dapper, 
so the .19 may or may not work with it.
kk

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