PACKAGES.TXT; Fri Apr 22 19:05:41 UTC 2011 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./testing/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 99 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 612 MB PACKAGE NAME: kernel-firmware-2.6.38.4-noarch-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1008 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2430 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-firmware: kernel-firmware (Firmware installed by the kernel) kernel-firmware: kernel-firmware: These are the firmware files from the Linux kernel. kernel-firmware: kernel-firmware: You'll need these to use certain hardware with Linux. kernel-firmware: PACKAGE NAME: kernel-generic-2.6.38.4-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3184 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 4800 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-generic: kernel-generic (a general purpose SMP Linux kernel) kernel-generic: kernel-generic: This is a Linux kernel with built-in support for most disk kernel-generic: controllers. To use filesystems, or to load support for a SCSI or kernel-generic: other controller, then you'll need to load one or more kernel kernel-generic: modules using an initial ramdisk, or initrd. For more information kernel-generic: about creating an initrd, see the README.initrd file in the /boot kernel-generic: directory. kernel-generic: kernel-generic: SMP is "Symmetric multiprocessing", or multiple CPU/core support. kernel-generic: PACKAGE NAME: kernel-headers-2.6.38.4-x86-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 556 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2910 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-headers: kernel-headers (Linux kernel include files) kernel-headers: kernel-headers: These are the include files from the Linux kernel. kernel-headers: kernel-headers: You'll need these to compile most system software for Linux. kernel-headers: PACKAGE NAME: kernel-huge-2.6.38.4-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 6168 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 8570 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-huge: kernel-huge (a fully-loaded SMP Linux kernel) kernel-huge: kernel-huge: This is a Linux kernel with built-in support for most disk kernel-huge: controllers. If you're looking for a more stripped down kernel kernel-huge: (this one contains everything but the kitchen sink ;-), then install kernel-huge: the kernel-generic in the /boot directory along with an initrd to kernel-huge: load support for your boot device and filesystem. For instructions kernel-huge: on the initrd, see README.initrd in the /boot directory. kernel-huge: kernel-huge: SMP is "Symmetric multiprocessing", or multiple CPU/core support. kernel-huge: PACKAGE NAME: kernel-modules-2.6.38.4-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 20396 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 103930 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-modules: kernel-modules (Linux kernel modules) kernel-modules: kernel-modules: A kernel module is a piece of object code that can be dynamically kernel-modules: loaded into the Linux kernel to provide new kernel functions. Most of kernel-modules: these modules provide support for devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape kernel-modules: drives, and ethernet cards. You can choose which modules to load by kernel-modules: editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. kernel-modules: PACKAGE NAME: kernel-source-2.6.38.4-noarch-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 63996 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 434500 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kernel-source: kernel-source (Linux kernel source) kernel-source: kernel-source: Source code for Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel. kernel-source: kernel-source: This is the complete and unmodified source code for the Linux kernel. kernel-source: PACKAGE NAME: libdrm-2.4.25-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 104 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 450 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libdrm: libdrm (A library to support Direct Rendering) libdrm: libdrm: This library implements an interface to the kernel's DRM services. libdrm: It is used to support hardware accelerated 3-D rendering. libdrm: PACKAGE NAME: mesa-7.10.2-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 6284 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 69360 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mesa: mesa (a 3-D graphics library) mesa: mesa: Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API very similar to that of mesa: another well-known 3-D graphics library. :-) The Mesa libraries are mesa: used by X to provide both software and hardware accelerated graphics. mesa: mesa: Mesa was written by Brian Paul. mesa: PACKAGE NAME: xf86-video-nouveau-git_20110417_8378443-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./testing/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 88 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 270 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xf86-video-nouveau: xf86-video-nouveau xf86-video-nouveau: xf86-video-nouveau: xf86-video-nouveau is part of X11. xf86-video-nouveau: xf86-video-nouveau: For more information about the X.Org Foundation (the providers of the xf86-video-nouveau: X.Org implementation of the X Window System), see their website: xf86-video-nouveau: xf86-video-nouveau: http://www.x.org xf86-video-nouveau: