Re: Rawhide and debug kernel changes

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On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 08:03:10 -0600
Justin Forbes <jmforbes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 6:52 AM Dan Horák <dan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 14:17:36 -0600
> > Justin Forbes <jmforbes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > As the MR is now merged, it is a good time to make sure that everyone
> > > is aware. As of 6.2-rc5, Rawhide is no longer forcing a debug build
> > > with any kernels. All rawhide kernels are now built just like stable
> > > Fedora kernels, with both non-debug and debug variations.   This
> > > change was necessary because performance has degraded with debug
> > > kernels to the point that there were very few people using them,
> > > meaning fewer people testing daily upstream development builds.
> > > Changing the config to make the performance acceptable to more would
> > > take away much of the usefulness of the debug builds to begin with.
> > > We do still appreciate those who have the patience and ability to run
> > > rawhide debug kernels when possible just because they do still find
> > > the occasional lockdep issue, or other problems that would be hidden
> > > by a non-debug kernel.
> > >
> > > In addition to this change, I have added debug builds for aarch64
> > > kernels.  Previously, debug kernels were only available on x86.
> >
> > do you plan to still populate the RawhideKernelNodebug repo with the
> > current kernel rcs for use on the stable releases?
> 
> I had planned to discontinue this, but I suppose I can continue if
> there is value in it.

yes, please. I find the weekly frequency of the rcs combined with stable
Fedoras as the right compromise to be able to provide some useful
feedback. Hopefully I am not alone :-)


		Dan
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