Ubuntu kernel packages across flavors - current issues and future planing
Currently for every kernel flavour we need the following packages:
- kernel-headers-abi
- kernel-
- kernel-
- kernel-
- linux-tools-
- linux-tools-common
Until we have one single kernel that could support different flavours, we need to support having different packages at our overlay.
Common issues we have with the current solution:
- DKMS depends on linux-headers/
- How to depend on a common and single headers package
- same dependency issue with the debug package
This session is about discussin possible ways to fix this long standing issues at the Ubuntu LEB, and future planing on how to properly add new flavors in the future.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Ricardo Salveti
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- John Rigby
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
Session Notes:
Ubuntu kernel packages across flavors - current issues and future planing
ABI:
* 1000 -> linaro
* 1400 -> LTs (all of them initially)
* Why we're generating the generic-headers for every LT kernel
* LT kernel (not maintained by the dev platform) should avoid creating the generic headers by just providing the linux-headers-
Headers:
* Make sure the headers related package are also providing linux-headers
* Request the headers to be installed at the hwpacks
Debug:
* No easy way to find the correct package at runtime
* We can provide the debug-generic, but giving the correct instructions to the user would be a better start
Tools:
* Also request the meta package to provide the proper linux-tools package
CI:
* ARM: based on 3.1
* TI: also based on 3.1
* Freescale: also on 3.1
* Origen: Should be in 3.1
* Snowball: Should be 3.1 (Pending resolution of bug #894828)
Actions:
* Push the additional packaging for other flavors at the lt-packaging-tree
* Enable the CI build for the other possible flavours
* Enable other flavours at the meta-package
