Re: [SSI-devel] [CI] OPENSSI-RH branch - make fullkern patch rejects

[Brian J. W. <Bri...@hp...>]

John Byrne wrote:
> Roger Tsang wrote:
> 
>> I'm building CI (OPENSSI-RH branch) against OPENSSI
>> rpm/linux-fc-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl.tar.bz2 module (OPENSSI-FC branch).
>>
>> I looked into the CVS tree for ci module.  OPENSSI-FC-1-1-1 tag is on the
>> OPENSSI-RH branch so I think there is something wrong with that patch or
>> with the ci/kernel code.
> 
> 
> If you are trying to build a SSI kernel, you need to do the "make 
> fullkern" in the openssi directory. There is no separate ci build/module.

I added the ability to build a CI kernel RPM a few months ago. I can't 
remember why.

> I don't know the state of CI. It is frequently not kept up to date to 
> build separately since we almost always use it as a part of SSI.

I replaced the broken CI patches with their corresponding versions from 
the OpenSSI repository, adjusting context as necessary. Everything 
applies cleanly, but I'm not certain it will be able to build or run 
correctly. Feel free to try it out, Roger, if you're interested.

As John says, the state of the CI patches don't matter as far as OpenSSI 
is concerned. It has its own set of kernel patches.

> The instructions for building from CVS can be found in 
> openssi/docs/fedora/devel/INSTALL.cvs in the CVS repository.

This document also explains the temporary weirdness of OPENSSI-FC using 
kernel code from the OPENSSI-RH branch, hence OPENSSI-FC-1-1-1 being on 
the OPENSSI-RH for all kernel files (and the OPENSSI-FC branch for 
everything else).

OPENSSI-DEBIAN is also using the kernel on the OPENSSI-RH branch. This 
will change when we start doing the OpenSSI 1.9.x releases with the 
2.6.x kernel.

Regards,

Brian