Notes for building the patch packages
-------------------------------------

 - Be sure to delete the include/asm symlink before attempting to make a
   large kernel diff!  Otherwise patch behaves very badly...
 - debian/rules now gets everything it needs from debian/changelog,
   but control has a way to go.

Notes about crosscompiling
--------------------------
 Be sure to tell the kernel-package to patch the kernel:
   - export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES
   - export PATCH_DIR=/usr/src/kernel-patches/mips/
   - make-kpkg --arch mips debian (this applies the mips patches)
   - configure the kernel as needed
   - make-kpkg --arch mips kernel_image
 Same applies for mipsel architecture. Remeber to have your mips(el)-linux 
 crosstoolchain in your $PATH.

Additional patches:
-------------------
 http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/kernel-patches/debian-kernel-image-<version>.diff
I will try to keep this diff as small as possible.

Notes about mips-tools:
-----------------------
addinitrd does not work on some DECStation PROMs. I'd be nice if someone could provide the
specific models/prom revisions on which it works/doesn't work.

-- Guido Günther <agx@debian.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:38:43 +0100
