Rivendell for ubuntu hardy and pre-compiled modules
Sunday, November 16th, 2008I should try to make a post which doesn’t start by Rivendell … maybe the next time 
Ubuntu hardy :
As there are many ubuntu hardy users, I’ve added this platform to the debian build. gpio, hpklinux and rivendell binary packages can be easily installed by adding this source :
deb http://debian.tryphon.org hardy main contrib
Ubuntu packages should be improved in a “near future” to be more compliant to the distribution policies.
Pre-compiled modules packages
With gpio-source and hpklinux-source packages, you can create the modules for your kernel. It creates sometimes few surprises according to the kernel versions.
I added to the build debian process the compilation of the gpio and hpklinux modules. According to the selected distribution (stable, … or hardy, intrepid), you will find modules for 2.6.18, 2.6.24, 2.6.26 or 2.6.27, 686, amd64 or rt kernels.
It makes life easier for everybody : user installations and developer tests. module-assistant is great tool, but pre-compiled modules are sometimes useful.
For example, hpklinux doesn’t compile with intrepid 2.6.27 kernel. A patch is pending 
Tryphon