On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 00:01 +0530, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > On 08/28/2013 07:23 PM, Igor Gnatenko wrote: > > Today I've wrote article w/ many notes about bisecting kernel [0], but > > I've used make bzImage, make install and the same commands bypassing RPM > > and I have IMHO good idea to write utility, that will be build rpm w/o/ > > Fedora patches, changelogs, etc. simple rpms w/ one command. > > > > We will use "utilityname `git rev-parse HEAD` f19" instead of "make > > bzImage && make modules" and "yum install ./rpms/*.rpm" instead of "make > > install && make modules_install". > > > > This software should increase the effectiveness, simplify the build test > > kernels, simplify to work w/ installed kernels (e.g. remove). Also we > > can easy provide rpms to bugreport for testing regressions, etc. > > > Incidentally, just today, I was building upstream kernels manually (for testing some KVM > specific things). I don't build Kernels often. After some trial and error, I ended up with > this sequence: > > $ make -j6 && make bzImage && make modules > $ make modules_install && make install > > Couple of times Dracut failed to generate correct initramfs, resulting in froze. With a > hint from Haralad Hoyer on IRC, I generated the initramfs manually (usually, using the > host initrd should be sufficient): > > $ dracut /boot/initramfs-3.11.0-rc1+.img 3.11.0-rc1+ > $ depmod -a > > > > > I see alike software at bubuntu wiki [1]. > > > > Would anyone besides me find this useful enough for me to keep working > > on it? > > Sure, I can certainly be a user here :-) . Note to self: Still have to debug/bisect an > offending Kernel commit which is causing some KVM unit test failures. Thanks for interesting. I've created repo [0] w/ this package. It's raw yet. > > > > > [0]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ignatenkobrain/Kernel/Bisection > > [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#Build_Upstream_Test_Kernel > > > > [0]https://github.com/ignatenkobrain/kernel-package -- Igor Gnatenko Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) Linux 3.10.7-200.fc19.x86_64 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
