Upgrading the Kernel

When upgrading the kernel for the LinuxMCE distribution, there are some things that we should take care of:

• Upgrade the alsa libraries and utilities to match the alsa kernel version
• Upgrade smbfs custom kernel modules (pluto-smbfs package)
• Upgrade ftdi_sio module to work with zwave ( ftdi-sio-zvawe package )
• Upgrade ivtv video drivers ( pluto-ivtv-video-drivers )
• Upgrade cx88 video drivers ( pluto-cx88 )
• Upgrade asterisk kernel modules
• Upgrade lirc

make-kpkg --stem 'linux' --initrd --append-to-version="-pluto-1-686" --revision "2.6.16.20-1" --config oldconfig --us --uc configure buildpackage