Architecture Status

Sid/Unstable

2.6.26-2 supports amd64, alpha, arm, armel, hppa, ia64, i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sparc

Lenny/Testing

2.6.25-7 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

[http://stats.buildserver.net/packages/status.php?email=debian-kernel&packages=&arches=&subdist=kernel-dists Status], [http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/key Key]

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:

?MailTo(debian-kernel@lists.debian.org)

• [http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/ debian-kernel Mailinglist archive].

• [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-svn-changes Kernel svn changes]

IRC Channel

#debian-kernel on irc.debian.org

Subversion repository

• [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel SVN web interface]

• 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:

[http://bugs.debian.org/src:linux-2.6 linux-2.6 bugs]

• Older kernel bugs

[http://bugs.debian.org/src:kernel kernel bugs]

• Debian kernel related Bug graphs

[http://ftp.es.debian.org/~ender/kernel_bugs/ bug graphs]

Docs

• ["EtchAndAHalf"]: a newer kernel for etch

• ?DebianKernelVersion: latest build status

• DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines

• DebianKernelReportingBugs

• InitramfsDebug: How to debug initramfs boot errors

• ?DebianKernelTree: Overview of kernel-tree/kernel-patch-debian packages

• ?DebianKernelSource

• http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ - lots of useful information

• HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage, ?DebianKernelCustomCompilation - how to build a linux image from official sources with some modifications

• ["DebianKernelABIChanges"]

• KernelFirmwareLicensing

• ["DebianKernelBTSUserTags"]

• DebianKernelSargeUpdateStatus

• ?DebianKernelSecurity

• http://www.vergenet.net/linux/debian_kernel/

• See DebianKernelDebconf5 for preparation notes

Kernel team members

Security Support

• Dann Frazier
• Moritz Muehlenhoff

Ports

alpha

NorbertTretkowski, ?SteveLangasek

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

BastianBlank

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.