On 2024-07-04 11:21:15+0000, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 06:36:34PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > pacman is the package manager used by Arch Linux and its derivates.
> > Creating native packages from the kernel tree has multiple advantages:
> >
> > * The package triggers the correct hooks for initramfs generation and
> > bootloader configuration
> > * Uninstallation is complete and also invokes the relevant hooks
> > * New UAPI headers can be installed without any manual bookkeeping
> >
> > The PKGBUILD file is a simplified version of the one used for the
> > downstream Arch Linux "linux" package.
> > Extra steps that should not be necessary for a development kernel have
> > been removed and an UAPI header package has been added.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This is pretty awesome and much needed I think, it would allow me to
> replace my own home grown "build an Arch Linux kernel package" script.
> It should also make it much easier for users of Arch Linux and related
> distributions to build and test mainline kernels for issue reproduction
> and bisecting, which is one of the biggest hurdles I have encountered
> when it comes to working with those users.
Nice to hear!
> The resulting package that I get boots in my virtual machine (I can't
> take down my workstation at the moment).
For the record: It works on my physical machine.
> I notice one warning during the build phase that appears to come from makepkg
> itself? The permissions of the pkg folder are execute only. This is building
> using O=, I haven't had much time to look into it aside from that.
>
> $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 O=... olddefconfig pacman-pkg
> ==> Making package: linux-upstream 6.10.0_rc6_00051_g1dfe225e9af5_dirty-1 (Thu 04 Jul 2024 10:02:14 AM MST)
> ==> Checking runtime dependencies...
> ==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
> ==> Retrieving sources...
> ==> Extracting sources...
> ==> Starting build()...
> find: ‘./pacman/linux-upstream/pkg’: Permission denied
> ...
>
> $ ls -al .../pacman/linux-upstream
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x 4 nathan nathan 4096 Jul 4 10:02 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 nathan nathan 4096 Jul 4 10:02 ..
> d--x--x--x 2 nathan nathan 4096 Jul 4 10:02 pkg
> drwxr-xr-x 2 nathan nathan 4096 Jul 4 10:02 src
>
> Not a big deal to me though, it's only a warning.
I'll try to fix it up for v2.
>
> > ---
> > .gitignore | 6 ++++
> > scripts/Makefile.package | 15 ++++++++++
> > scripts/package/PKGBUILD | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 93 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > index c59dc60ba62e..7902adf4f7f1 100644
> > --- a/.gitignore
> > +++ b/.gitignore
> > @@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ modules.order
> > #
> > /tar-install/
> >
> > +#
> > +# pacman files (make pacman-pkg)
> > +#
> > +/PKGBUILD
> > +/pacman/
> > +
> > #
> > # We don't want to ignore the following even if they are dot-files
> > #
> > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
> > index bf016af8bf8a..8c0c80f8bec0 100644
> > --- a/scripts/Makefile.package
> > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
> > @@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ snap-pkg:
> > cd $(objtree)/snap && \
> > snapcraft --target-arch=$(UTS_MACHINE)
> >
> > +# pacman-pkg
> > +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +
> > +PHONY += pacman-pkg
> > +pacman-pkg:
> > + @ln -srf $(srctree)/scripts/package/PKGBUILD $(objtree)/PKGBUILD
> > + cd $(objtree) && \
> > + srctree="$(realpath $(srctree))" \
> > + objtree="$(realpath $(objtree))" \
> > + BUILDDIR="$(realpath $(objtree))/pacman" \
> > + KBUILD_MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS)" \
> > + KBUILD_REVISION="$(shell $(srctree)/init/build-version)" \
> > + makepkg
> > +
> > # dir-pkg tar*-pkg - tarball targets
> > # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > @@ -221,6 +235,7 @@ help:
> > @echo ' bindeb-pkg - Build only the binary kernel deb package'
> > @echo ' snap-pkg - Build only the binary kernel snap package'
> > @echo ' (will connect to external hosts)'
> > + @echo ' pacman-pkg - Build only the binary kernel pacman package'
> > @echo ' dir-pkg - Build the kernel as a plain directory structure'
> > @echo ' tar-pkg - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball'
> > @echo ' targz-pkg - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball'
> > diff --git a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..29daf357edc1
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> > @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > +# Contributor: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +# Maintainer: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +pkgbase=linux-upstream
> > +pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers" "$pkgbase-api-headers")
> > +pkgver="${KERNELRELEASE//-/_}"
> > +pkgrel="$KBUILD_REVISION"
> > +pkgdesc='Linux'
> > +url='https://www.kernel.org/'
> > +arch=("$UTS_MACHINE")
> > +options=(!strip)
> > +license=(GPL-2.0-only)
> > +
> > +build() {
> > + export MAKEFLAGS="${KBUILD_MAKEFLAGS}"
> > + cd "$objtree"
> > +
> > + ${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/Makefile"
> > +
> > +}
> > +
> > +package_linux-upstream() {
> > + pkgdesc="The $pkgdesc kernel and modules"
> > +
> > + export MAKEFLAGS="${KBUILD_MAKEFLAGS}"
> > + cd "$objtree"
> > + local modulesdir="$pkgdir/usr/$MODLIB"
> > +
> > + echo "Installing boot image..."
> > + # systemd expects to find the kernel here to allow hibernation
> > + # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/edda44605f06a41fb86b7ab8128dcf99161d2344
> > + install -Dm644 "$(make -s image_name)" "$modulesdir/vmlinuz"
>
> should this be ${MAKE}? I suppose it does not really matter much.
Make sense for consistency.
>
> Would it be worth copying the .config and System.map to $modulesdir like
> kernel.spec here as well? I know that upstream does not do this, as it
> enables IKCONFIG in /proc but it would be potentially useful in certain
> scenarios.
Ack.
> One other minor suggestion would be installing the dtbs somewhere if
> the architecture supports them, maybe to $modulesdir/dtbs? Not super
> critical but I know Arch Linux Ports is gaining traction, so it might be
> good to future proof this a little bit.
Ack.
> > + # Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel
> > + echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"
> > +
> > + echo "Installing modules..."
> > + ${MAKE} INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 \
> > + DEPMOD=/doesnt/exist modules_install # Suppress depmod
> > +
> > + # remove build link
>
> Perhaps it is worth mentioning that this is done because it will be
> created again/properly in the headers package?
Ack.
>
> > + rm -f "$modulesdir/build"
> > +}
> > +
> > +package_linux-upstream-headers() {
> > + pkgdesc="Headers and scripts for building modules for the $pkgdesc kernel"
> > +
> > + export MAKEFLAGS="${KBUILD_MAKEFLAGS}"
> > + cd "$objtree"
> > + local builddir="$pkgdir/usr/$MODLIB/build"
> > +
> > + echo "Installing build files..."
> > + "$srctree/scripts/package/install-extmod-build" "$builddir"
> > +
> > + echo "Adding symlink..."
> > + mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/src"
> > + ln -sr "$builddir" "$pkgdir/usr/src/$pkgbase"
> > +}
> > +
> > +package_linux-upstream-api-headers() {
> > + pkgdesc="Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace"
> > + provides=(linux-api-headers)
> > + conflicts=(linux-api-headers)
> > +
> > + export MAKEFLAGS="${KBUILD_MAKEFLAGS}"
> > + cd "$objtree"
> > +
> > + ${MAKE} headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$pkgdir/usr"
> > +}
> > +
> > +# vim:set ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 et:
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 795c58e4c7fc6163d8fb9f2baa86cfe898fa4b19
> > change-id: 20240625-kbuild-pacman-pkg-b4f87e19d036
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
