[ltp] Packaging tp_smapi using module-assistant?

[Shem Multinymous]

Hi Andrew,

On 8/10/06, Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com> wrote:
> With recent tp_smapi there's an extra concern: tp_smapi depends on a
> patch ("[PATCH] DMI: Decode and save OEM String information") that is
> in -mm but not yet in mainline. If your kernel don't have this patch
> then the tp_smapi Makefile goes into fallback mode where the DMI
> information is obtained at compile time instead of runtime; this means
> the resulting thinkpad_ec.ko is suitable for use only on the specific
> machine it was compiled on.

Just to clarify: "make patch" automatically includes that DMI patch if
needed, so the Debian kernel-patch you've prepared is fine.

  Shem