Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
Sorry folks - I guess I've made a right dogs dinner of this whole thread... I'll make more efforts not to be that noob next time :-) But I've got the information I needed about how to build old gentoo-sources kernels. So thanks! I've done my tests and the outcome is: 3.8.8 (gentoo-sources - manually built) = NO nfs suspend issue 3.8.9 (gentoo-sources - manually built - nfs specific patches, removed from 1008_linux-3.18.9.patch) = NO nfs suspend issue 3.8.9 (gentoo-sources, stock) = boot hangs with pNFS block error 3.8.10 (gentoo-sources, stock) = nfs suspend issue Anyway that's pretty much what the ML thread was kicked off to achieve - so thanks all! Plus I've written a little script for ordered patch application - so that might come in useful at some point :-) Just wondering in passing what the motivation is for kernel eclass dropping support for automated building of, what many would consider, very recent kernel revisions? Could support not be retained (for renaming kernel versions to build older revisions) - but say masking off these versions as not security patched / maintained? Personally I was quite surprised I couldn't just rename the stock gentoo-sources ebuild to say gentoo-sources-3.18.8.ebuild to pull that kernel revision with automated patching... But perhaps I'm just showing my inexperience / naivety in this matter? -- All the best thanks, Robert
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
Neil, Simply changing the ebuild version to 3.18.1 doesn't work. The kernel-2 eclass simply won't allow one to build a gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel lower than / before 3.18.9 now. (Try it if you don't believe me...) That was the first thing I tried. :-) On 31 March 2015 at 00:05, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:22:58 +0100, Bob Wya wrote: I'm getting a bit bogged down trying to build an early release of the 3.18 kernel. Since I can't automatically go back before 3.18.9 now (using portage anyway)... https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/?hideattic=0 Pick the versions you want and copy the ebuilds to a local overlay. -- Neil Bothwick In a classified ad: Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it. -- All the best, Robert
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:51:11 +0100, Bob Wya wrote: lease don't top-post, it is frowned upon on this list, and for good reason. Simply changing the ebuild version to 3.18.1 doesn't work. The kernel-2 eclass simply won't allow one to build a gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel lower than / before 3.18.9 now. (Try it if you don't believe me...) That was the first thing I tried. :-) I wasn't suggesting renaming the ebuild but downloading the older version. However, on checking the content I see it still uses the kernel-2 eclass. You can deal with this by downloading the older version of the eclass from CVS and putting it in an overlay, but it's probably easier to just apply the patches manually in this case. gentoo-sources uses both the base and extra patchsets from genpatches. -- Neil Bothwick Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn! pgp5vRUdUxeDU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
Neil, (a) Should I download the vanilla 3.18.1 kernel sources and apply all the gentoo-sources tar-ball patches in numerical order?? (b) I tried downloading the vanilla 3.18.8 kernel. But of course the earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.1 - 3.18.6 patches don't apply cleanly... Will I get to the same place if I ignore these?? Or should I go with option (a) :-) Thanks On 31 March 2015 at 12:00, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:51:11 +0100, Bob Wya wrote: lease don't top-post, it is frowned upon on this list, and for good reason. Simply changing the ebuild version to 3.18.1 doesn't work. The kernel-2 eclass simply won't allow one to build a gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel lower than / before 3.18.9 now. (Try it if you don't believe me...) That was the first thing I tried. :-) I wasn't suggesting renaming the ebuild but downloading the older version. However, on checking the content I see it still uses the kernel-2 eclass. You can deal with this by downloading the older version of the eclass from CVS and putting it in an overlay, but it's probably easier to just apply the patches manually in this case. gentoo-sources uses both the base and extra patchsets from genpatches. -- Neil Bothwick Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn! -- All the best, Robert
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
On Tuesday 31 March 2015 16:45:08 Bob Wya wrote: Neil, (a) Should I download the vanilla 3.18.1 kernel sources and apply all the gentoo-sources tar-ball patches in numerical order?? (b) I tried downloading the vanilla 3.18.8 kernel. But of course the earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.1 - 3.18.6 patches don't apply cleanly... Will I get to the same place if I ignore these?? Or should I go with option (a) You didn't read the first thing Neil wrote, did you? Or did you just decide to ignore it? On 31 March 2015 at 12:00, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:51:11 +0100, Bob Wya wrote: lease don't top-post, it is frowned upon on this list, and for good reason. Simply changing the ebuild version to 3.18.1 doesn't work. The kernel-2 eclass simply won't allow one to build a gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel lower than / before 3.18.9 now. (Try it if you don't believe me...) That was the first thing I tried. :-) I wasn't suggesting renaming the ebuild but downloading the older version. However, on checking the content I see it still uses the kernel-2 eclass. You can deal with this by downloading the older version of the eclass from CVS and putting it in an overlay, but it's probably easier to just apply the patches manually in this case. gentoo-sources uses both the base and extra patchsets from genpatches. -- Neil Bothwick Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn! -- Rgds Peter.
[gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
I'm getting a bit bogged down trying to build an early release of the 3.18 kernel. Since I can't automatically go back before 3.18.9 now (using portage anyway)... Basically I trying to check if a suspend/resume issue I've got was introduced after the 3.18 kernel was released (or was in the base release). I've got a reproduce-able failure to suspend-to-ram with =3.18.x gentoo kernel sources. However this issue is not present with the gentoo kernel sources =3.17.x. (A systemd nfs client mount problem - which blocks the suspend-to-ram process.) I had a look at the kernel-2 eclass and my head started to hurt... Do I need to wade into the weeds or is there a short-cut I can take to go back to the earliest gentoo-sources 3.18 kernel build :-) -- Thanks, Robert
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:22:58 +0100, Bob Wya wrote: I'm getting a bit bogged down trying to build an early release of the 3.18 kernel. Since I can't automatically go back before 3.18.9 now (using portage anyway)... https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/?hideattic=0 Pick the versions you want and copy the ebuilds to a local overlay. -- Neil Bothwick In a classified ad: Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it. pgpeQhvVrNjCa.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Easy (cough) way to build earlier gentoo-sources 3.18.x kernel?
On Monday, March 30, 2015 11:22:58 PM Bob Wya wrote: I'm getting a bit bogged down trying to build an early release of the 3.18 kernel. Since I can't automatically go back before 3.18.9 now (using portage anyway)... Basically I trying to check if a suspend/resume issue I've got was introduced after the 3.18 kernel was released (or was in the base release). I've got a reproduce-able failure to suspend-to-ram with =3.18.x gentoo kernel sources. However this issue is not present with the gentoo kernel sources =3.17.x. (A systemd nfs client mount problem - which blocks the suspend-to-ram process.) I had a look at the kernel-2 eclass and my head started to hurt... Do I need to wade into the weeds or is there a short-cut I can take to go back to the earliest gentoo-sources 3.18 kernel build :-) You can use git. I believe gentoo patches are only for config options so if you configure it with make oldconfig it *should* be the same as using gentoo- sources. cd /usr/src git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux- stable.git cd linux-stable git checkout v3.18.9 make oldconfig make You can checkout any version committed prior to your last git pull instantly. -- Fernando Rodriguez
