amen. On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:03:42 -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:24:24PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 19:00, > > linux-audio-user-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Go for it. i would definetly like to save the extra step of compiling > > > the realtime lsm each time i upgrade my kernel.. And i think it might > > > prove useful even for non audio users.. Often security stuff likes to > > > mlock small portions of memory, too, etc.. > > Yes, except that the realtime-lsm precompiled binary is not updated on Sid > > each time the kernel is. The only way to keep it current is to compile it > > yourself. Compiles quickly and reliably--just remember to copy the .ko to the > > correct place and then reboot. > > I've been keeping a symlink /usr/src/realtime -> > /usr/src/realtime-<current-verson> > > Then in my /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh I have: > > insmod /usr/src/realtime/realtime.ko <options> > > I may have the actual module name wrong there, but that gives the idea. > When I rebuild the lsm for each new kernel I just do a make clean; make. > No make install, hence the insmod instead of modprobe. I asked joq if > this was ok earlier this year and he didn't see a problem with it. Just > one more way of handling it. > > I'm not sure how to work this into debian longterm. Probably Lee's idea > to get it in the kernel is the best plan. The other option is to have > some crazy soul paying attention to debian kernel builds and getting a > new lsm.deb built and uploaded to unstable for every new kernel. I would > do it, but (other than 4 years of using debian a bare minimum of > 40hrs/week) I haven't even started studying for becoming a debian > developer, yet, let alone looking for a sponsor ... it's on the todo > list, but that's a mile long and growing. Since it's such a small piece > of code new deb's probably aren't worth the effort, anyway. > > Let's give Lee whatever support he needs to get this thing into Linux > proper. > > -Eric Rz. >
