[kernel-xen] kernel-xen doesn't provide ABI version, variant and standard kernel symbols

Yuriy Kohut ykohut at onapp.com
Thu Oct 11 17:45:36 EST 2012 

Hello, Steven

Actually, yes, it could be installed with --nodeps option. So that does work for me.

Also, I'm rebuilding kmod package(s) against sources and installed kernel-xen-3.5.4, and don't use stock packages, which for sure will not work.

Anyway, I don't think you should add these provides manually. They are some sing that should be created with AutoReqProv rpmbuild scripts.

Thank you
---
Yura

On Oct 11, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:

> Thanks Yuriy,
> 
> Out of interest, if you force the installation with rpm -ivh --nodeps <package> does it work?
> 
> I'd rather test if it works before adding extra provides that I can't guarantee that are provided (ie verify each one!)
> 
> There may also be issues with kernel version on external kmods - as I would assume they are built on the stock EL kernel - usually being 2.6.32.x - so they may not work anyway...
> 
> -- 
> Steven Haigh
> 
> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
> Fax: (03) 8338 0299
> 
> On 10/10/2012 11:29 PM, Yuriy Kohut wrote:
>> Hi Steven,
>> 
>> The data is required to make sure other packages which provide kernel related stuff (for example kernel modules) are compatible with the installed kernel.
>> 
>> Please process with the following steps, which show you what i'm taking about:
>> 1. Download UFS kernel module rpm package:
>> # wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/elrepo.org/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-ufs-0.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> 
>> 2. Get the Requires for download package:
>> # rpm -qp --queryformat "[%{REQUIRENAME} %{REQUIREVERSION}\n]" kmod-ufs-0.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> warning: kmod-ufs-0.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID baadae52: NOKEY
>> rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) 3.0.3-1
>> /sbin/depmod
>> /sbin/depmod
>> /bin/sh
>> /bin/sh
>> /bin/sh
>> rpmlib(FileDigests) 4.6.0-1
>> rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) 4.0-1
>> rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) 3.0.4-1
>> kernel(__bforget) 0x334f658f
>> kernel(block_read_full_page) 0xac51a87a
>> kernel(block_sync_page) 0xfb08d778
>> kernel(block_truncate_page) 0xce40fc94
>> kernel(block_write_begin) 0x4ca0a30d
>> kernel(block_write_end) 0xb40e6fe6
>> kernel(block_write_full_page) 0x9ac18101
>> kernel(__bread) 0x5939a439
>> kernel(__brelse) 0xc4fd7707
>> kernel(capable) 0x7dceceac
>> kernel(clear_inode) 0x1af07d43
>> kernel(_cond_resched) 0xa1c76e0a
>> kernel(current_kernel_time) 0x67053080
>> kernel(d_alloc_root) 0x7cb29e4b
>> kernel(d_instantiate) 0x870235ff
>> kernel(do_sync_read) 0x970068ca
>> kernel(do_sync_write) 0xe5b526bc
>> kernel(d_rehash) 0x907c1964
>> kernel(find_lock_page) 0x12f4011c
>> kernel(find_next_zero_bit) 0x479c3c86
>> kernel(find_or_create_page) 0x1bc51814
>> kernel(generic_block_bmap) 0x070cf780
>> kernel(generic_file_aio_read) 0x574237ff
>> kernel(generic_file_aio_write) 0x7b286bd7
>> kernel(generic_file_llseek) 0x8b3eb7b8
>> kernel(generic_file_mmap) 0x5b018525
>> kernel(generic_file_open) 0xb2f15909
>> kernel(generic_file_splice_read) 0xac003bb6
>> kernel(generic_read_dir) 0x06856361
>> kernel(generic_readlink) 0x049b1a88
>> kernel(generic_write_end) 0xd66d8789
>> kernel(__getblk) 0xb8e921c8
>> kernel(get_sb_bdev) 0xddbd934c
>> kernel(get_seconds) 0x405c1144
>> kernel(iget_failed) 0xe524bdf6
>> kernel(iget_locked) 0x45303fbc
>> kernel(init_special_inode) 0xdb4104c6
>> kernel(inode_add_bytes) 0x1bd83517
>> kernel(inode_change_ok) 0xf0fc759e
>> kernel(inode_init_once) 0x09e1faad
>> kernel(inode_setattr) 0x860c3da9
>> kernel(inode_sub_bytes) 0x1a97b1a6
>> kernel(__insert_inode_hash) 0x5c35d4d4
>> kernel(iput) 0x6f7237e5
>> kernel(is_bad_inode) 0x6a97145a
>> kernel(kfree) 0x037a0cba
>> kernel(kill_block_super) 0x0f72d0ce
>> kernel(__kmalloc) 0x5a34a45c
>> kernel(kmem_cache_alloc) 0xee065ced
>> kernel(kmem_cache_alloc_notrace) 0xf85ccdae
>> kernel(kmem_cache_create) 0xe4a639f8
>> kernel(kmem_cache_destroy) 0x806e575f
>> kernel(kmem_cache_free) 0x7329e40d
>> kernel(ll_rw_block) 0xebebf59e
>> kernel(__lock_buffer) 0xeba79d27
>> kernel(lock_kernel) 0x3656bf5a
>> kernel(__lock_page) 0xda778235
>> kernel(lock_super) 0x34bc7f7f
>> kernel(make_bad_inode) 0x349d7c33
>> kernel(malloc_sizes) 0xd691cba2
>> kernel(mark_buffer_dirty) 0xb013147c
>> kernel(__mark_inode_dirty) 0x38ec969f
>> kernel(match_token) 0x44e9a829
>> kernel(mcount) 0xb4390f9a
>> kernel(memcpy) 0x236c8c64
>> kernel(memset) 0xde0bdcff
>> kernel(module_layout) 0x14522340
>> kernel(mutex_lock) 0xfee8a795
>> kernel(mutex_unlock) 0x03758301
>> kernel(new_inode) 0x1bbc7e28
>> kernel(page_symlink) 0x224261b9
>> kernel(page_symlink_inode_operations) 0xb150a568
>> kernel(panic) 0x0e52592a
>> kernel(per_cpu__current_task) 0x4f1939c7
>> kernel(printk) 0xea147363
>> kernel(put_page) 0x72b295a3
>> kernel(read_cache_page) 0xfcde4fa3
>> kernel(register_filesystem) 0x78b31f3f
>> kernel(sb_set_blocksize) 0x637bcc35
>> kernel(seq_printf) 0x77e93f6f
>> kernel(set_page_dirty) 0x434249fc
>> kernel(simple_fsync) 0x48ab86ed
>> kernel(slab_buffer_size) 0xfa2e111f
>> kernel(strlen) 0x25ec1b28
>> kernel(strsep) 0x85df9b6c
>> kernel(sync_dirty_buffer) 0x632d43f3
>> kernel(__tracepoint_kmalloc) 0x105e2727
>> kernel(truncate_inode_pages) 0x603f38cb
>> kernel(unlock_buffer) 0xf8e8edd3
>> kernel(unlock_kernel) 0xb1f975aa
>> kernel(unlock_new_inode) 0x6dc5dd8b
>> kernel(unlock_page) 0x6803f8dd
>> kernel(unlock_super) 0x03ca0f21
>> kernel(unmap_underlying_metadata) 0xa7c83531
>> kernel(unregister_filesystem) 0x95667111
>> kernel(vfs_dq_drop) 0x82abd885
>> kernel(vmtruncate) 0x2a3dbf0d
>> kernel(vsnprintf) 0x35b0650f
>> kernel(__wait_on_buffer) 0x3e931a66
>> kernel(write_one_page) 0x24c8cf3b
>> kernel(yield) 0x760a0f4f
>> rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) 5.2-1
>> 
>> The requirements above are provided by regular RHEL/CentOS 6.x kernel.
>> For example, please run:
>> # rpm -q --queryformat "[%{PROVIDENAME} %{PROVIDEVERSION}\n]" kernel
>> 
>> But such Provides are not included into kernel-xen-3.5.4-3.x86_64.
>> 
>> Thanks for quick response.
>> 
>> ---
>> Yura
>> 
>> On Oct 10, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Steven Haigh wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Yuriy,
>>> 
>>> I had a quick look and I can't see what those extra provides are actually for. I'm a bit hesitant to add extra provides without:
>>> 	a) knowing what they are used for; and
>>> 	b) knowing if my build provides them.
>>> 
>>> It may or may not be bad that these are not added, but it could be even worse if they are there and not provided in the package.
>>> 
>>> Do you have any further information on the values and what they are used for - maybe an example of something that relies on them?
>>> 
>>> Steven Haigh
>>> 
>>> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
>>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
>>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
>>> Fax: (03) 8338 0299
>>> 
>>> On 10/10/2012 10:53 PM, Yuriy Kohut wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm highly interested in using the kernel-xen provided.
>>>> I have noticed that the latest kernel-xen-3.5.4-3.x86_64 package from the repository doesn't provide standard data such as:  ABI version, variant and kernel symbols. For example, Provides for the package looks like:
>>>> 
>>>> rpm -q --queryformat "[%{PROVIDES}\n]" kernel-xen-3.5.4-3.x86_64
>>>> kernel-xen
>>>> kernel-xen
>>>> kernel-xen(x86-64)
>>>> 
>>>> While regular RHEL/CentOS 6.x kernel provides much more data:
>>>> ------
>>>> kernel(DSA_verify)
>>>> kernel(FsmChangeState)
>>>> kernel(FsmDelTimer)
>>>> kernel(FsmEvent)
>>>> kernel(FsmFree)
>>>> kernel(FsmInitTimer)
>>>> kernel(FsmNew)
>>>> kernel(FsmRestartTimer)
>>>> kernel(HiSax_closecard)
>>>> kernel(IO_APIC_get_PCI_irq_vector)
>>>> kernel(I_BDEV)
>>>> kernel(NS8390_init)
>>>> kernel(PageHuge)
>>>> kernel(____pagevec_lru_add)
>>>> kernel(___pskb_trim)
>>>> kernel(__add_pages)
>>>> …
>>>> kernel(zlib_inflate_workspacesize)
>>>> -----
>>>> 
>>>> The data need to keep compatibility while installing kernel related packages, for example extra kernel modules,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance for the answer and your job.
>>>> ---
>>>> Yura
>>>> 
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