Debian Bug report logs - #551104
kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Edward J. Shornock" <ed.shornock@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:31:09 +0300

Package: kernel-package
Version: 12.022
Severity: normal

After the upgrade to v12.022, running make-kpkg binary-arch will not
create linux-image*. Instead linux-xenu* is created.

12.021 works normally.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kernel-package depends on:
ii  binutils              2.19.91.20091006-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  build-essential       11.4               Informational list of build-essent
ii  debianutils           3.2.1              Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  file                  5.03-2             Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gettext               0.17-8             GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  make                  3.81-6             An utility for Directing compilati
ii  module-init-tools     3.10-3             tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  po-debconf            1.0.16             tool for managing templates file t
ii  util-linux            2.16.1-4           Miscellaneous system utilities

Versions of packages kernel-package recommends:
ii  cpio                          2.10-1     GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar

Versions of packages kernel-package suggests:
ii  bzip2     1.0.5-3                        high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  docbook-u 0.6.14-1.1                     Convert Docbook files to other for
ii  e2fsprogs 1.41.9-1                       ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utiliti
ii  initramfs 0.93.4                         tools for generating an initramfs
pn  libdb3-de <none>                         (no description available)
ii  libncurse 5.7+20090803-2                 developer's libraries and docs for
ii  linux-sou 2.6.30.2-tuxonice-10.00.Custom Linux kernel source for version 2.
ii  linux-sou 2.6.32-rc3-10.00.Custom        Linux kernel source for version 2.
ii  xmlto     0.0.23-2                       XML-to-any converter

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 551104-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

To: "Edward J. Shornock" <ed.shornock@gmail.com>

Cc: 551104-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:57:27 -0500

On Thu, Oct 15 2009, Edward J. Shornock wrote:

> After the upgrade to v12.022, running make-kpkg binary-arch will not
> create linux-image*. Instead linux-xenu* is created.
>
> 12.021 works normally.

        It only does that if you have configured Xen in your .config
 file. You probably have CONFIG_XEN or CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set in the
 .config, but not CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST. This is part of the new
 support for Xen in make-kpkg.

        Without that, it works normally:
,----
| exec make kpkg_version=12.022 -f
|   /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian
|     APPEND_TO_VERSION=-anzu  ROOT_CMD=fakeroot  
| ====== making target debian/stamp/conf/minimal_debian [new prereqs: ]======
| This is kernel package version 12.022.
| 
|  …
| 
| dpkg --build /usr/local/src/kernel/linux-2.6/debian/linux-image-2.6.31.4-anzu ..
| dpkg-deb: building package `linux-image-2.6.31.4-anzu' in
|   `../linux-image-2.6.31.4-anzu_2.6.31.4-anzu-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb'. 
`----

        So just adjust your .config, and you'll see normal kernel images.

        manoj
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Message #15 received at 551104@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adrian Friedli <adi@koalatux.ch>

To: 551104@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:34:29 +0100

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Hallo

On Thursday 15 October 2009 21:57:27 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>         It only does that if you have configured Xen in your .config
>  file. You probably have CONFIG_XEN or CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set in the
>  .config, but not CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST. This is part of the new
>  support for Xen in make-kpkg.

Debian kernels (at least amd64 ones) have CONFIG_XEN but don't have 
CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST in /boot/config-*. Users get really confused, when 
using that config and make-kpkg results in a xenu package.

CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST seems to have been entirely removed, grep finds 
files containing this only in the debian subdir.

Cheers, Adi

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Message #24 received at 551104-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

To: Adrian Friedli <adi@koalatux.ch>

Cc: 551104-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:09 -0500

On Thu, Oct 29 2009, Adrian Friedli wrote:

> Hallo
>
> On Thursday 15 October 2009 21:57:27 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>         It only does that if you have configured Xen in your .config
>>  file. You probably have CONFIG_XEN or CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set in the
>>  .config, but not CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST. This is part of the new
>>  support for Xen in make-kpkg.
>
> Debian kernels (at least amd64 ones) have CONFIG_XEN but don't have
> CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST in /boot/config-*. Users get really
> confused, when using that config and make-kpkg results in a xenu
> package.

        You think that users will be less confused with the image called
 xen0-image?  Because as soon as you have CONFIG_XEN  or
 CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set, you no longer get a linux-image.

>
> CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST seems to have been entirely removed, grep
> finds files containing this only in the debian subdir.

        That will only be available if you have the XEN Dom0 patches
 installed in your kernel source. You may create a DomU image fro
 mainline kernel, but not a Dom0 image.

        Please do not reopen this without explicitly stating what you
 think the kernel-package problem is.

        manoj
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Message #25 received at 551104-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adrian Friedli <adi@koalatux.ch>

To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

Cc: 551104-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:51:24 +0100

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Hallo

On Saturday 31 October 2009 17:16:09 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Debian kernels (at least amd64 ones) have CONFIG_XEN but don't have
> > CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST in /boot/config-*. Users get really
> > confused, when using that config and make-kpkg results in a xenu
> > package.
> 
>         You think that users will be less confused with the image called
>  xen0-image?  Because as soon as you have CONFIG_XEN  or
>  CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set, you no longer get a linux-image.

Ok. I just discovered that linux-image-* ships config in /boot/config-* which 
don't match the kernel. I thought it was the config the kernel was  actually 
built with, so that is what caused my problem.

Cheers, Adrian

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Message #26 received at 551104-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

To: Adrian Friedli <adi@koalatux.ch>

Cc: 551104-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:42:09 -0600

On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Adrian Friedli wrote:

> Hallo
>
> On Saturday 31 October 2009 17:16:09 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> > Debian kernels (at least amd64 ones) have CONFIG_XEN but don't have
>> > CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST in /boot/config-*. Users get really
>> > confused, when using that config and make-kpkg results in a xenu
>> > package.
>> 
>>         You think that users will be less confused with the image called
>>  xen0-image?  Because as soon as you have CONFIG_XEN  or
>>  CONFIG_X86_64_XEN set, you no longer get a linux-image.
>
> Ok. I just discovered that linux-image-* ships config in
> /boot/config-* which don't match the kernel. I thought it was the
> config the kernel was actually built with, so that is what caused my
> problem.

        Hmm? Why does the config not match what the kernel was uil with?
 This does seem like a bug. Can you provide some details, please?

        manoj
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Message #27 received at 551104-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adrian Friedli <adi@koalatux.ch>

To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

Cc: 551104-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:00 +0100

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Hallo

On Monday 02 November 2009 02:42:09 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>         Hmm? Why does the config not match what the kernel was uil with?
>  This does seem like a bug. Can you provide some details, please?

I'm not sure anymore, is it possible to have CONFIG_XEN=y and be able to boot 
it as a normal kernel?

Because my amd64 machine (but not my i386 one; both with default Debian 
kernels) has CONFIG_XEN=y in /boot/config-*:

$ grep CONFIG_XEN= /boot/config-*
/boot/config-2.6.29-1-amd64:CONFIG_XEN=y
/boot/config-2.6.29-2-amd64:CONFIG_XEN=y
/boot/config-2.6.30-1-amd64:CONFIG_XEN=y
/boot/config-2.6.30-2-amd64:CONFIG_XEN=y
/boot/config-2.6.31-1-amd64:CONFIG_XEN=y

Cheers, Adi

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Message #32 received at 551104@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>

To: 551104@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:43:18 +0100

Yes, I am confused, too.

cp /boot/config-2.6.31-1-amd64 .config
make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image

now generates linux-xenu-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb
rather than linux-image-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb
There is a bug somewhere, and most likely in the "new support for Xen in make-
kpkg" (unless linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 provides a wrong config file).

Thanks

Alan

Message #37 received at 551104@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

To: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>

Cc: 551104@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:56:24 -0600

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 06 2009, Alan BRASLAU wrote:

> Yes, I am confused, too.
>
> cp /boot/config-2.6.31-1-amd64 .config
> make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
>
> now generates linux-xenu-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb rather than
> linux-image-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb There is a bug somewhere, and
> most likely in the "new support for Xen in make- kpkg" (unless
> linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 provides a wrong config file).

        The latter, I think. It adds in support for Xen DomU, and
 kernel-package obliges. The only difference, at this point, is in the
 name of the kernel image, it can be  installed and used as a normal
 kernel as well.

        manoj
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Message #42 received at 551104@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>

To: 551104@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#551104: kernel-package: "make-kpkg (binary-arch|kernel_image)" generates xenu pkg

Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:40:08 +0100

On Thursday 12 November 2009 06:56:24 Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 06 2009, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
> > Yes, I am confused, too.
> >
> > cp /boot/config-2.6.31-1-amd64 .config
> > make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
> >
> > now generates linux-xenu-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb rather than
> > linux-image-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb There is a bug somewhere, and
> > most likely in the "new support for Xen in make- kpkg" (unless
> > linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 provides a wrong config file).
> 
>         The latter, I think. It adds in support for Xen DomU, and
>  kernel-package obliges. The only difference, at this point, is in the
>  name of the kernel image, it can be  installed and used as a normal
>  kernel as well.
> 

Maybe... but how to do?

dpkg -i linux-xenu-2.6.31_custom.1.0_amd64.deb

installs /boot/xenu-linux-2.6.31

and this does not get included by grub.
Something has to be fixed so that a user following the standard instructions 
installing a "custom" kernel does not run into trouble.

Alan

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