[gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Jason Cooper]

Well, as per the thread on lkml, it looks like 2.6.8 was released with a
nasty bug in NFS write support.  So Linus took this opportunity to try
out the new version scheme and released 2.6.8.1, which fixes the NFS
problem.  

#### Quoting Linus ####

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>                                                                                                                                          
> Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts
> expecting                                                                 
> three-digit kernel versions?                                                                                                             

Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see
this
as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?
Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it
some time.

                Linus

#### End quote ####

So i copied d-s-2.6.8.ebuild to my overlay and named it
d-s-2.6.8.1.ebuild.

# ebuild development-sources-2.6.8.1.ebuild digest 

successfully downloaded the kernel tarball, then it gave the following
error:

### begin error ###
Resolving www.de.kernel.org... 80.252.110.38, 129.143.116.10
Connecting to www.de.kernel.org[80.252.110.38]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 35,628,066 [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 35,628,066   385.59K/s
ETA 00:00

11:10:58 (383.01 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.8.1.tar.bz2'
saved [35628066/35628066]

>>> Generating digest file...
<<< 
ebuild: this ebuild generated output during the depend phase (bad)

### end error ###

Looks like this is one of the 'scripts' Linus was talking about :-)

I looked at the ebuild (I've changed KEYWORDS in the past, but that's
about it).  There just isn't enough there to find something wrong.  Does
anyone have an idea how to fix this?  It looks like the new scheme is
going to be around a while...

tia,

Cooper.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 11:23:11AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> Well, as per the thread on lkml, it looks like 2.6.8 was released with a
> nasty bug in NFS write support.  So Linus took this opportunity to try
> out the new version scheme and released 2.6.8.1, which fixes the NFS
> problem.  

Well, if this isn't working properly, I'll just make a g-d-s release
against 2.6.8 with at least that single patch in it so that users can
work properly.

If you note on lkml a number of people are saying they will be keeping a
-postX release tree just to keep the breakage at a minimum for now.

Give me a day to get it out, there's a bunch of patches that need to be
rediffed...

greg k-h

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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Xavier Neys]

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Jason Cooper wrote:
> Well, as per the thread on lkml, it looks like 2.6.8 was released with a
> nasty bug in NFS write support.  So Linus took this opportunity to try
> out the new version scheme and released 2.6.8.1, which fixes the NFS
> problem.  
> 
 > So i copied d-s-2.6.8.ebuild to my overlay and named it
 > d-s-2.6.8.1.ebuild.
 >
 > # ebuild development-sources-2.6.8.1.ebuild digest
 >
 > successfully downloaded the kernel tarball, then it gave the following
 > error:
 >
 > ### begin error ###
 > Resolving www.de.kernel.org... 80.252.110.38, 129.143.116.10
 > Connecting to www.de.kernel.org[80.252.110.38]:80... connected.
 > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
 > Length: 35,628,066 [application/x-tar]
 >
 > 100%[====================================>] 35,628,066   385.59K/s
 > ETA 00:00
 >
 > 11:10:58 (383.01 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.8.1.tar.bz2'
 > saved [35628066/35628066]
 >
 >
 >>>>Generating digest file...
 >
 > <<<
 > ebuild: this ebuild generated output during the depend phase (bad)
 >
 > ### end error ###
 >
 > Looks like this is one of the 'scripts' Linus was talking about :-)


Hmm. It worked for me.
I got hit by this bug this morning. 2.6.8 was not in portage yet, so I renamed 
the d-s-2.6.7.ebuild to 2.6.8
NFS did not work and my diskless did not boot obviously.
I just renamed d-s-2.6.7.ebuild to d-s-2.6.8.1.ebuild,
ran ebuild d-s-2.6.8.1.ebuild digest
Portage downloaded the tarball OK
emerge d-s... OK
make oldconfig
make menuconfig to check things out
make
diskless boots OK on NFS (still 2.6.5 on server)
Installed 2.6.8.1 on server as well
All is working as expected


# emerge --info
Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.5 i686 VIA Ezra
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
distcc 2.15 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]


HTH
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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Jason Stubbs]

On Sunday 15 August 2004 00:46, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 11:23:11AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > Well, as per the thread on lkml, it looks like 2.6.8 was released with a
> > nasty bug in NFS write support.  So Linus took this opportunity to try
> > out the new version scheme and released 2.6.8.1, which fixes the NFS
> > problem.
>
> Well, if this isn't working properly, I'll just make a g-d-s release
> against 2.6.8 with at least that single patch in it so that users can
> work properly.
>
> If you note on lkml a number of people are saying they will be keeping a
> -postX release tree just to keep the breakage at a minimum for now.
>
> Give me a day to get it out, there's a bunch of patches that need to be
> rediffed...

I haven't downloaded 2.6.8.1 yet (nor 2.6.8 actually ;) but depending on how 
the version is set in the Makefile, $KV may be incorrectly set. To be sure:

${KV} == ${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}

If SUBLEVEL is "8.1" then there is no problem here. Can somebody confirm if 
that is in fact the case?

Regards,
Jason Stubbs

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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Alexander Futasz]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:37:39 +0200, Xavier Neys wrote:
> All is working as expected
> 
> # emerge --info
> Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3,
> glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0,
> 2.6.5)===============================================================
> == System uname: 2.6.5 i686 VIA Ezra

Then why does it say 2.6.5? Doesn't look like you booted 2.6.8.1.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Xavier Neys]

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Alexander Futasz wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:37:39 +0200, Xavier Neys wrote:
> 
>>All is working as expected
>>
>># emerge --info
>>Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3,
>>glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0,
>>2.6.5)===============================================================
>>== System uname: 2.6.5 i686 VIA Ezra
> 
> 
> Then why does it say 2.6.5? Doesn't look like you booted 2.6.8.1.

Obviously because I cut&pasted the beginning of `emerge --info` before I 
rebooted the server, i.e. after the diskless stations booted OK. Besides, the 
post was not about booting 2.6.8(.1) but about portage seemingly choking when 
running `emerge d-s-2.6.8.1.ebuild`, or rather computing its digest. 
Furthermore, you failed to notice the portage version is not the latest which 
is why I posted that bit.
I think I do know how to upgrade a kernel and reboot a machine.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.6.8.1 versioning change

[Alexander Futasz]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:21:38 +0200, Xavier Neys wrote:
> >==>== System uname: 2.6.5 i686 VIA Ezra
> > Then why does it say 2.6.5? Doesn't look like you booted 2.6.8.1.
> 
> Obviously because I cut&pasted the beginning of `emerge --info` before
> I rebooted the server, i.e. after the diskless stations booted OK.

I see, it wasn't obvious to me.

>                       Furthermore, you failed to notice the portage
> version is not the latest which is why I posted that bit.
> I think I do know how to upgrade a kernel and reboot a machine.

I'm sorry that you seem offended. It wasn't at all my intention to tell
you you don't know how to do that.

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