On Sex, 2015-05-29 at 09:28 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Sérgio Basto <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sex, 2015-05-29 at 08:54 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:40 AM, David Sommerseth <davids@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On 28/05/15 17:45, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:26 AM, David Sommerseth <davids@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi, > >> >>> > >> >>> I've started poking into packaging the mhvtl project for Fedora and > >> >>> EPEL. This package also contains a kernel module, which normally works > >> >>> fine - until you hit Secure Boot. > >> >>> > >> >>> So I was wondering how to handle this the best way. AFAIK, there are > >> >>> currently no plans to get the mhvtl.ko kernel module into the upstream > >> >>> kernel. > >> >> > >> >> Where can I read more information on this project, and why that might be? > >> > > >> > Duh! I'm so into this I forget to add better project info ... > >> > > >> > <https://sites.google.com/site/linuxvtl2/> > >> > >> Sorry, I should have been more explicit in my question. I found the > >> site by googling of course, but I was curious if you had pointers to > >> reasoning/discussion around why the kernel module won't be pushed > >> upstream. > >> > >> >> It is worth noting that Fedora does not allow packages other than the > >> >> kernel to ship kernel modules. > >> > > >> > Oh, I was not aware of that. But compiling a kernel module "on-the-fly" > >> > is acceptable for Fedora? > >> > >> Kinda. Packages that do that exist. We know they exist. We assume > >> the people maintaining them are going to be polite and deal with > >> issues. > > > > This is a good subject for RPMFusion and all his kmods ... , but I > > really don't have time to think about it . > > > > In Ask we got examples of kmods signed for VirtualBox under Sercure > > Boot : > > > > https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/68285/best-way-to-install-virtualbox/?answer=68413#post-id-68413 > > > > https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/34470/virtual-box-on-fedora-19-fails-to-start-a-vm/?answer=59222#post-id-59222 > > > > Seems possible ship kernel modules on the fly since fedora package > > kernel also does it (it seems), I read that somewhere. > > Er... no we don't. The kernel package provides all it's modules > already built. It doesn't build any on the fly after it is installed. > I'm not sure where you read that. Sorry, I meant, the kernel package sign on the fly (the kernel modules) ? , that what we need, we need build a package and sign kernel modules on that build . > josh Thanks, -- Sérgio M. B. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
