How about splitting the kernel tree into separate .tar.gz files like so:
1) Linux-Core-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the 100% portable core of kernel
2) Linux-Arch-<cpu>-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the architecture specifics
i.e Linux-Arch-ia32-2.3.x,
Linux-Arch-ia64-2.3.x,
Linux-Arch-mips-2.3.x ... and so forth.
3) Linux-Drivers-<cpu>-2.3.x - contains the drivers for that architecture
ie. Linux-Drivers-ia32... you get the idea.
The idea behind this is to make it easier for people to download just the
components they want for their particular architecture, instead of
downloading everything as at present for the 2.1.x tree. Then they either
untar themselves or use a script to "plug" the sources into a complete
Linux tree, and configure using what someone proposed (a database config?)
earlier this year. It'd certainly reduce the size of the files people have
to download, and even make it easier to cross compile kernels.
Any comments?
Cheers,
Alex
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