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Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team

From Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.kernel
Subject Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team
Date 2026-10-01 14:40 +0200
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Am 01.10.26 um 14:07 schrieb Werner Sembach:
>
> Am 04.09.26 um 13:17 schrieb Bastian Blank:
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 11:57:52PM +0200, Werner Sembach wrote:
>>> My current effort to do this is based on the readme files in the Debian
>>> Linux repo and analyzing the config directory in there to build a "-tuxedo"
>>> featureset alongside the "-cloud" and "-rt" one with the patches added in
>>> there: 
>>> https://gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/development/packages/linux/-/tree/tuxedo-debian?ref_type=heads
>>> (relevant part is the patches-tuxedo folder and the new featureset in the
>>> defines.toml in the config folder)
>> -cloud and -rt are not featuresets, so they don't carry own patches and
>> are handled differently.
>>
>>> But I'm not quite happy with the result yet:
>>> - When I build this, I also always build the other featuresets including
>>> base featureset, which
>>> - are then also included in the dsc and source tar and
>> | --- /dev/null
>> | +++ b/debian/config.local/amd64/defines.toml
>> | @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> | +[[featureset]]
>> | +name = 'none'
>> | +enable = false
>>
>> or so.
>>
>>> I hope you could help me to find a recommended more "Debian way" to do all 
>>> of this:
>>> - How to I best add a new featureset with new patches ans slightly altered
>>> config and
>> The easier way is to rename the source package:
>>
>> | --- a/debian/changelog
>> | +++ b/debian/changelog
>> | @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
>> | -linux (7.2.2-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
>> | +linux-tuxedo (7.2.2-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
>> |
>> |     * New upstream stable update:
>> |
>>
>> There is one small fix needed to actually make that work right now:
>>
>> | --- a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
>> | +++ b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
>> | @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
>> |              'upstreamversion': self.version.linux_version_full,
>> |              'version': self.version.linux_version,
>> |              'version_complete': self.version.complete,
>> | -            'source_basename': re.sub(r'-[\d.]+$', '',
>> | +            'source_basename': re.sub(r'-\S+$', '',
>> | self.changelog[0].source),
>> |              'source_upstream': self.version.upstream,
>> |              'source_package': self.changelog[0].source,
>>
>> This then renames most of the packages to contain -tuxedo in the names,
>> so they can be easily identified.
>>
>>> - only build that to be installed alongside the not rebuild base, -rt, and
>>> -cloud featuresets.
>> You still need to disable them, using properly placed "enable = false".
>> This should work:
>>
>> | --- /dev/null
>> | +++ b/debian/config.local/amd64/defines.toml
>> | @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
>> | +[[flavour]]
>> | +name = 'cloud-amd64'
>> | +enable = false
>> | +[[flavour]]
>> | +name = 'rt-amd64'
>> | +enable = false
>>
>>> - How do I properly sign that kernel using a HSM USB-stick?
>> This depends on your setup.  Debian uses
>> https://salsa.debian.org/ftp-team/code-signing, which bolts into dak.
> Short question: What is dak?
Never mind, found it: https://salsa.debian.org/ftp-team/dak
>>
>> Bastian
>>

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TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com> - 2026-08-19 00:30 +0200
  Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2026-09-04 13:40 +0200
    Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com> - 2026-09-04 21:10 +0200
    Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com> - 2026-10-01 14:40 +0200
      Re: TUXEDO getting involved with the Debian kernel team Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com> - 2026-10-01 14:40 +0200

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