On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Sérgio Basto <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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) ? No it doesn't. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
