Architecture Status
- Sid/Unstable
- 2.6.25-3 supports amd64, alpha, arm, armel, hppa, ia64, i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sparc
- Lenny/Testing
- 2.6.24-7 supports amd64, alpha, arm, armel, hppa, ia64, i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sparc
See some more details at : http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.html
Snapshots
- Latest from /dists/trunk (targeted for experimental/sid)
deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main
- Latest from /dists/sid (targeted for sid)
deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel sid main
- Latest from /dists/etch (targeted for etch)
deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel etch main
Add Snapshots key
wget -q -O - http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/key | apt-key add -
Development
Mailing List
- For general questions on the packaged Linux kernel:
<debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
IRC Channel
#debian-kernel on irc.debian.org
Subversion repository
- SVN checkout (anonymous):
svn co svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/trunk
- Developer SVN access:
svn+ssh://<user>@svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk
Bug Tracking
- Spoiler warnings, huge list:
- Older kernel bugs
- Debian kernel related Bug graphs
Docs
EtchAndAHalf: a newer kernel for etch
DebianKernelVersion: latest build status
InitramfsDebug: How to debug initramfs boot errors
DebianKernelTree: Overview of kernel-tree/kernel-patch-debian packages
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ - lots of useful information
HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage, DebianKernelCustomCompilation - how to build a linux image from official sources with some modifications
See DebianKernelDebconf5 for preparation notes
Kernel team members
Security Support
- Dann Frazier
- Moritz Muehlenhoff
Ports
- alpha
- amd64
- Frederik Schueler
- arm
- Martin Michlmayr
- hppa
Matthew Wilcox, KyleMcMartin
- i386
- Maximilian Attems, Simon Horman
- ia64
- Matthew Wilcox, Dann Frazier
- m68k
- Christian T. Steigies
- mips
- Thiemo Seufer, Martin Michlmayr
- mipsel
- Thiemo Seufer, Martin Michlmayr
- powerpc
- s390
- sparc
- Joshua Kwan
Tools
- initramfs-tools
- Maximilian Attems
- linux-modules-extra-2.6
- Bastian Blank, Daniel Baumann
- linux-modules-contrib-2.6
- Daniel Baumann
- linux-modules-nonfree-2.6
- Daniel Baumann
- mkvmlinuz
- module-init-tools
- Marco d'Itri
- udev
- Marco d'Itri
- yaird
- Jonas Smedegaard
Former kernel team members
- Christoph Hellwig
- Sven Luther
- Jens Schmalzing (deceased)
- Jurij Smakov
See also LinuxKernel page - in general about the Linux Kernel.