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On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 11:31 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: |
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> %% Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> writes: |
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> cg> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 09:45 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: |
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> >> How are the modules to be included in the initrd computed? |
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> >> I'm seeing something strange where some of the modules in the real |
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> >> filesystem version of the /lib/modules/.../drivers/scsi are missing from |
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> >> the initrd filesystem version of the same directory; in particular one |
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> >> of the drivers for my SATA disks (ata_piix) is not there. Others are |
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> >> missing as well. |
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> >> It's genkernel that's doing this, right? I'm trying to follow along in |
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> >> the gen_initrd.sh script but I can't quite see what it's doing WRT |
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> >> modules. |
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> cg> genkernel's /usr/share/genkernel/$arch/modules_load |
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> Got it, thanks. Is there any good way in catalyst to override that |
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> file, or do I have to create my own ebuild for it in an overlay? |
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There is no good way for a reason. We test them very extensively. Like |
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I said, newer genkernel versions have this updated. It's best to go |
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with the newer genkernel versions anyway, since the old ones will soon |
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be removed from portage and unsupported. |
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> cg> I recommend unmasking the latest genkernel 3.2.0_pre version and |
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> cg> using that, as it will be going stable shortly. |
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> I'll look into that; thanks. |
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> Just to be clear on this: I don't need to rebuild stage3 when I make a |
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> change like that right? Rebuilding livecd-stage1 (to get the new |
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> genkernel) and livecd-stage2 (to build the kernel/initrd) is good |
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> enough? I know it's good enough normally, just making sure that the |
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> kernel/initrd build isn't special in some way. |
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Actually, if you're using the latest catalyst, also, then you will only |
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need to rebuild livecd-stage2, since genkernel is explicitly merged in |
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livecd-stage2 with the proper USE flags. |
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> cg> I also recommend doing the same with the masked version of |
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> cg> catalyst. |
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> OK, I'll look into this as well. I really, really need to get my |
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> current iteration done today so I might not have time. I'll kick off a |
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> build in the background for this in another workspace though. |
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Merging catalyst takes about 30 seconds. The simple truth is that most |
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bugs you're going to run across in older catalyst versions will be fixed |
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in these pre-releases. They really are more stable than the current |
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stable versions, as you can see, we've gone through quite a few of the |
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_pre versions of both catalyst and genkernel, working out all the bugs |
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we found. |
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> cg> I *NEED* testers for these, as I plan on them going stable before |
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> cg> 2005.1 is released and I would love to resolve as many bugs in |
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> cg> them as possible. |
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> OK, although as you'll recall some of the stuff I'm doing is probably |
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> not anything you care much about supporting :-). |
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Nothing wrong with that. But more eyes and more users means less bugs |
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that slip through the cracks. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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