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

Yuriy Kohut ykohut at onapp.com
Wed Oct 10 22:53:22 EST 2012


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:
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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)
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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.
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Yura



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