kernel ABI update from version 6 to version 6-2#4711
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By changing the kernel ABI from version 6 to version 6-2, this will allow to disable the kernel ABI check which Debian performs at the very end of the kernel build.
By changing the kernel ABI from version 6 to version 6-2, this will allow to disable the kernel ABI check which Debian performs at the very end of the kernel build.
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Can you please add to the PR description and describe why we want to disable the kernel ABI check? |
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the build is broken, can you check? |
By changing the kernel ABI from version 6 to version 6-2, this will allow to disable the kernel ABI check which Debian performs at the very end of the kernel build.
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retest this please |
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This is fixed now |
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retest vsimage please |
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retest please |
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By changing the kernel ABI from version 6 to version 6-2, this will allow to disable the kernel ABI check which Debian performs at the very end of the kernel build.
In SONiC branch 201911 (Stretch), there is this patch which is applied:
packaging-update-abiname-to-11-2.patch
It changes the kernel ABI from 11 to 11-2
This has the side effect to disable the ABI check performed by the script
debian/bin/buildcheck.py
This is because the buildcheck.py script is looking to compare the file
debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64/Module.symvers
(generated by the build)
with the file
debian/abi/4.9.0-11-2/amd64_none_amd64
But since the ABI has changed, the Debian file checked-in is still:
debian/abi/4.9.0-11/amd64_none_amd64
So buildcheck.py, not finding the file
debian/abi/4.9.0-11-2/amd64_none_amd64
just bails out, without error, and will not check the ABI change.
In SONiC latest master branch, based on Buster, there is no such patch to change the ABI.
The script buildcheck.py will then compare the file
debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64/Module.symvers
with the file
debian/abi/4.19.0-6/amd64_none_amd64
so any ABI change will be effectively checked..
For example, the patch:
Support-for-fullcone-nat.patch
which apply fine with SONiC 201911 (Stretch) can not currently be applied in the master branch (Buster), because there is a change in a global kernel structure
(include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h in this example).
Without changing the kernel ABI, many patches might just fail because the ABI check., this is why we want to change the kernel ABI.
Please note that PR needs also this PR:
sonic-net/sonic-linux-kernel#145