On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 07:48:14AM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote: > Hi Josh, > > as mentioned on IRC, here is the patch for the rawhide kernel.spec. I'm on PTO the rest of the week, but I wanted to ask a few quick questions. > This patch is part of an upstream coordination, intended to unify the various > ways distributions handle: Has the change to the kernel makefiles to use this been sent upstream yet? I've been keeping an eye out for it and haven't seen it. > - installation of kernels in the system > - create the matching initrds; hooking up the various implementations of > initramfs generators into the kernel package installation process > - optionally/automatically create bootable rescue images to be able to recover > from failures: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly DracutHostOnly is targeted at F19, but the switch to kernel-install is something we're discussing for F20, correct? > All the above functionality is provided by the “kernel-install” tool: > http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/kernel-install.html > > It features: > - flexible hookup/plugin directories to manage kernel installation and > uninstallation. initrd, bootloader, rescue image management, all plug into > that facility. > > - strict separation of distribution-supplied logic and local customization > logic; system administrators are able to overwrite and replace/extend any part > of the default logic if needed > > - hide distribution-specific logic behind a standardized command line interface > > - unify the custom kernel installation from the source tree with the usual > kernel package installation; like the current /sbin/installkernel We had briefly discussed systemd providing /sbin/installkernel to facilitate the transition from grubby to kernel-install. Is that something that's being done for now? > diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec > index a2f1f25..09aef02 100644 > --- a/kernel.spec > +++ b/kernel.spec > @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel > # Packages that need to be installed before the kernel is, because the %%post > # scripts use them. > # > -%define kernel_prereq fileutils, module-init-tools >= 3.16-4, initscripts >= 8.11.1-1, grubby >= 8.3-1 > +%define kernel_prereq fileutils, module-init-tools >= 3.16-4, initscripts >= 8.11.1-1, systemd >= 200 > %define initrd_prereq dracut >= 001-7 I'm curious if kernel-install depends on anything in dracut in a version newer than 001-7. That's pretty old at this point. > # > @@ -479,8 +479,7 @@ Provides: kernel-omap-uname-r = %{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}}\ > Requires(pre): %{kernel_prereq}\ > Requires(pre): %{initrd_prereq}\ > Requires(pre): linux-firmware >= 20120206-0.1.git06c8f81\ > -Requires(post): /sbin/new-kernel-pkg\ > -Requires(preun): /sbin/new-kernel-pkg\ > +Requires(preun): systemd >= 200\ We still need the Requires(post) here, don't we? We're using kernel-install in posttrans. > Conflicts: %{kernel_dot_org_conflicts}\ > Conflicts: %{package_conflicts}\ > %{expand:%%{?kernel%{?1:_%{1}}_conflicts:Conflicts: %%{kernel%{?1:_%{1}}_conflicts}}}\ > @@ -2064,8 +2063,8 @@ fi\ > # > %define kernel_variant_posttrans() \ > %{expand:%%posttrans %{?1}}\ > -/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?-v:-%{-v*}} --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod --update %{KVERREL}%{?-v:.%{-v*}} || exit $?\ > -/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?1:-%{1}} --rpmposttrans %{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}} || exit $?\ > +/sbin/depmod -a %{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}} || exit $?;\ > +/bin/kernel-install add %{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}} /%{image_install_path}/vmlinuz-%{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}} || exit $?\ > %{nil} Is there a reason kernel-install doesn't run depmod itself? josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
