Re: Is acceptable to package non-bootable kernels?

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:05:33AM -0600, Jason Tibbitts wrote:
> >>>>> Sergio Lopez <slp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > I was wondering if packaging non-bootable kernels (that is, kernels is
> > a binary format that's not accepted by a conventional boot loader)
> > would be accepted for packaging.
> 
> I would say the answer is basically "ask the kernel folks".  The
> restrictions on packaging kernels were added to make the lives of the
> kernel folks easier (and at their request, many years ago).  If they
> have no problem with packaging these kernels then the packaging
> committee won't have any problem with it, either.
> 

OK, I'll ask them. Thanks, Jason.

BR,
Sergio.

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