* "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
@ 2015-07-29 14:52 Jose R R
2015-07-29 15:00 ` Cyril Brulebois
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jose R R @ 2015-07-29 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ben Hutchings, debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
Niltze, all-
Building kernel the 'Debian way':
Replaced abi string at debian/config/defines (from default value of 2)
to a more descriptive string:
[abi]
abiname: reiser4
(guided by hint that debian devs sometimes set abiname string "trunk")
Everything builds beautifully, especially UDEBs for modules/kernel
like couple shown below:
[...]
3.7M kernel-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64-di_4.0.8-2_amd64.udeb
34M linux-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64_4.0.8-2_amd64.deb
Once kernel build is finished, I place the approxiamately 54 generated
UDEBs at the installer/build/localudebs directory and modify
installer/build/config/amd64.cfg
# The version of the kernel to use.
## KERNELVERSION = $(LINUX_KERNEL_ABI)-amd64
KERNELVERSION = 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64
## KERNELMAJOR = 2.6
KERNELMAJOR = 4.0
KERNELNAME = vmlinuz
save modifications and execute command:
make build_netboot-gtk
The resulting netboot d-i iso image uses the custom kernel to start
the Debian installation -- as can be verified by executing in an
alternate shell: uname -a:
Linux [host] 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.8-2 (2015-07-22)
x86_64 GNU/Linux;
nevertheless stops at 'no kernel modules were found' and thus d-i can
not proceed further to install custom built kernel with reiser4
built-into-the-kernel support -- much less to detect/format a
disk/partition win Reiser4.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK-ZehmUwAAjx-V.png:large
Any insight provided will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Best Professional Regards.
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* Re: "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
2015-07-29 14:52 "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel Jose R R
@ 2015-07-29 15:00 ` Cyril Brulebois
2015-07-31 5:49 ` Jose R R
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Cyril Brulebois @ 2015-07-29 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jose R R; +Cc: Ben Hutchings, debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
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Hi,
Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> (2015-07-29):
> Niltze, all-
>
> Building kernel the 'Debian way':
>
> Replaced abi string at debian/config/defines (from default value of 2)
> to a more descriptive string:
>
> [abi]
> abiname: reiser4
>
> (guided by hint that debian devs sometimes set abiname string "trunk")
>
> Everything builds beautifully, especially UDEBs for modules/kernel
> like couple shown below:
> [...]
>
> 3.7M kernel-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64-di_4.0.8-2_amd64.udeb
> 34M linux-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64_4.0.8-2_amd64.deb
>
> Once kernel build is finished, I place the approxiamately 54 generated
> UDEBs at the installer/build/localudebs directory and modify
> installer/build/config/amd64.cfg
>
> # The version of the kernel to use.
> ## KERNELVERSION = $(LINUX_KERNEL_ABI)-amd64
> KERNELVERSION = 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64
> ## KERNELMAJOR = 2.6
> KERNELMAJOR = 4.0
> KERNELNAME = vmlinuz
>
> save modifications and execute command:
> make build_netboot-gtk
>
> The resulting netboot d-i iso image uses the custom kernel to start
> the Debian installation -- as can be verified by executing in an
> alternate shell: uname -a:
> Linux [host] 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.8-2 (2015-07-22)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux;
>
> nevertheless stops at 'no kernel modules were found' and thus d-i can
> not proceed further to install custom built kernel with reiser4
> built-into-the-kernel support -- much less to detect/format a
> disk/partition win Reiser4.
>
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK-ZehmUwAAjx-V.png:large
>
> Any insight provided will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Stuff you put under localudebs/ is only used to replace/complement
what's in the archive if something pulls it in. You probably want to
add some packages to some list under build/pkg-lists.
There's also a monolithic target you could use to bundle almost
everything into your image. This is a bigger hammer though.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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* Re: "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
2015-07-29 15:00 ` Cyril Brulebois
@ 2015-07-31 5:49 ` Jose R R
2015-08-13 9:45 ` Jose R R
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jose R R @ 2015-07-31 5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cyril Brulebois; +Cc: Ben Hutchings, debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> (2015-07-29):
>> Niltze, all-
>>
>> Building kernel the 'Debian way':
>>
>> Replaced abi string at debian/config/defines (from default value of 2)
>> to a more descriptive string:
>>
>> [abi]
>> abiname: reiser4
>>
>> (guided by hint that debian devs sometimes set abiname string "trunk")
>>
>> Everything builds beautifully, especially UDEBs for modules/kernel
>> like couple shown below:
>> [...]
>>
>> 3.7M kernel-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64-di_4.0.8-2_amd64.udeb
>> 34M linux-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64_4.0.8-2_amd64.deb
>>
>> Once kernel build is finished, I place the approxiamately 54 generated
>> UDEBs at the installer/build/localudebs directory and modify
>> installer/build/config/amd64.cfg
>>
>> # The version of the kernel to use.
>> ## KERNELVERSION = $(LINUX_KERNEL_ABI)-amd64
>> KERNELVERSION = 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64
>> ## KERNELMAJOR = 2.6
>> KERNELMAJOR = 4.0
>> KERNELNAME = vmlinuz
>>
>> save modifications and execute command:
>> make build_netboot-gtk
>>
>> The resulting netboot d-i iso image uses the custom kernel to start
>> the Debian installation -- as can be verified by executing in an
>> alternate shell: uname -a:
>> Linux [host] 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.8-2 (2015-07-22)
>> x86_64 GNU/Linux;
>>
>> nevertheless stops at 'no kernel modules were found' and thus d-i can
>> not proceed further to install custom built kernel with reiser4
>> built-into-the-kernel support -- much less to detect/format a
>> disk/partition win Reiser4.
>>
>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK-ZehmUwAAjx-V.png:large
>>
>> Any insight provided will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Stuff you put under localudebs/ is only used to replace/complement
> what's in the archive if something pulls it in. You probably want to
> add some packages to some list under build/pkg-lists.
According to the Debian Installer online reference <
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel > it
suffices to place all the *.udebs at build/localudebs directory.
There is no other example and/or guidance on how to go about
populating, say (from build/README)
* Anything listed in pkg-lists/local and pkg-lists/*/local is included in
the image that is built. This is to provide an easy way to add extra
udebs to a test image.
Thus, there is no indication where the installer will be picking up
the full 34M DEB linux-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64_4.0.8-2_amd64.deb so
as to be an option during the installation procedure.
>
> There's also a monolithic target you could use to bundle almost
> everything into your image. This is a bigger hammer though.
>
It fails:
fakeroot make build_monolithic
[...]
Makefile:637: recipe for target 'stamps/get_udebs-monolithic-stamp' failed
Makefile:284: recipe for target '_build' failed
Makefile:278: recipe for target 'build_monolithic' failed
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
Appreciate your reply.
Best Professional Regards.
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http://metztli.it
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* Re: "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
2015-07-31 5:49 ` Jose R R
@ 2015-08-13 9:45 ` Jose R R
2015-08-13 10:20 ` Ben Hutchings
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jose R R @ 2015-08-13 9:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cyril Brulebois; +Cc: Ben Hutchings, debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> (2015-07-29):
>>> Niltze, all-
>>>
>>> Building kernel the 'Debian way':
>>>
>>> Replaced abi string at debian/config/defines (from default value of 2)
>>> to a more descriptive string:
>>>
>>> [abi]
>>> abiname: reiser4
>>>
>>> (guided by hint that debian devs sometimes set abiname string "trunk")
>>>
>>> Everything builds beautifully, especially UDEBs for modules/kernel
>>> like couple shown below:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> 3.7M kernel-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64-di_4.0.8-2_amd64.udeb
>>> 34M linux-image-4.0.0-reiser4-amd64_4.0.8-2_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> Once kernel build is finished, I place the approxiamately 54 generated
>>> UDEBs at the installer/build/localudebs directory and modify
>>> installer/build/config/amd64.cfg
>>>
>>> # The version of the kernel to use.
>>> ## KERNELVERSION = $(LINUX_KERNEL_ABI)-amd64
>>> KERNELVERSION = 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64
>>> ## KERNELMAJOR = 2.6
>>> KERNELMAJOR = 4.0
>>> KERNELNAME = vmlinuz
>>>
>>> save modifications and execute command:
>>> make build_netboot-gtk
>>>
>>> The resulting netboot d-i iso image uses the custom kernel to start
>>> the Debian installation -- as can be verified by executing in an
>>> alternate shell: uname -a:
>>> Linux [host] 4.0.0-reiser4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.8-2 (2015-07-22)
>>> x86_64 GNU/Linux;
>>>
>>> nevertheless stops at 'no kernel modules were found' and thus d-i can
>>> not proceed further to install custom built kernel with reiser4
>>> built-into-the-kernel support -- much less to detect/format a
>>> disk/partition win Reiser4.
>>>
>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK-ZehmUwAAjx-V.png:large
>>>
>>> Any insight provided will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Stuff you put under localudebs/ is only used to replace/complement
>> what's in the archive if something pulls it in. You probably want to
>> add some packages to some list under build/pkg-lists.
>
I am making progress as I have built UDEBs for mkfs.reiser4 and fsck.reiser4:
mkreiser4-udeb_1.0.9-2_amd64.udeb
reiser4progs-udeb_1.0.9-2_amd64.udeb
which in turn I have also placed under build/localudebs.
Prior to d-i's: make build_netboot,
I have also specified at build/pkg-lists/netboot/amd64.cfg
mkreiser4-udeb
reiser4progs-udeb
...
ext4-modules-${kernel:Version}
jfs-modules-${kernel:Version}
the above ext/jfs module UDEBs were generated automatically by
building kernel the 'Debian way', but...
QUESTION:
How do I specify -- prior to building a reiser4-patched kernel the
'debian way' -- a directive to build the *extra* reiser4 module UDEB?
Before/After specifying reiser4 as a module in .config (i.e., make -C
debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64 menuconfig ), I have tried adding
the reiser4 directive to the debian/rules.gen inside the kernel tree
source -- still it does not generate a reiser4 module UDEB.
It seems the reiser4 module is needed for the d-i to format and
recognize reiser4. Note that by Ctrl -Alt -Fn I am able to go under
the installer shell and format in reiser4 and subsequently modify the
/etc/fstab from an di-JFS-formatted partition --using nano;
subsequently the installer will continue the installation of Debian
into reiser4-formatted media *unaware* that it was *tricked*.
< https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMR2xY_UEAAA4M3.png:large >
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Best Professional Regards.
--
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http://metztli.it
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* Re: "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
2015-08-13 9:45 ` Jose R R
@ 2015-08-13 10:20 ` Ben Hutchings
2015-08-24 8:15 ` Jose R R
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ben Hutchings @ 2015-08-13 10:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jose R R, Cyril Brulebois; +Cc: debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
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On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 02:45 -0700, Jose R R wrote:
[...]
> QUESTION:
> How do I specify -- prior to building a reiser4-patched kernel the
> 'debian way' -- a directive to build the *extra* reiser4 module UDEB?
>
> Before/After specifying reiser4 as a module in .config (i.e., make -C
> debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64 menuconfig ), I have tried adding
> the reiser4 directive to the debian/rules.gen inside the kernel tree
> source -- still it does not generate a reiser4 module UDEB.
[...]
Look under debian/installer in the linux source package and read the
kernel-wedge documentation.
Ben.
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* Re: "No kernel modules were found" netboot d-i with custom reiser4 kernel.
2015-08-13 10:20 ` Ben Hutchings
@ 2015-08-24 8:15 ` Jose R R
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jose R R @ 2015-08-24 8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ben Hutchings; +Cc: Cyril Brulebois, debian-boot, ReiserFS Development List
Niltze, all!
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:20 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 02:45 -0700, Jose R R wrote:
> [...]
>> QUESTION:
>> How do I specify -- prior to building a reiser4-patched kernel the
>> 'debian way' -- a directive to build the *extra* reiser4 module UDEB?
>>
>> Before/After specifying reiser4 as a module in .config (i.e., make -C
>> debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64 menuconfig ), I have tried adding
>> the reiser4 directive to the debian/rules.gen inside the kernel tree
>> source -- still it does not generate a reiser4 module UDEB.
> [...]
>
> Look under debian/installer in the linux source package and read the
> kernel-wedge documentation.
>
After some effort, I was successful in creating the *extra*
reiser4-modules UDEB:
reiser4-modules-4.1.0-2-amd64-di_4.1.5-2_amd64.udeb
for
kernel-image-4.1.0-2-amd64-di_4.1.5-2_amd64.udeb
I included relevant directives in the build/pkg-lists/netboot/amd64.cfg, thus:
[...]
fat-modules-${kernel:Version}
ext4-modules-${kernel:Version} # Without this, d-i won't know about Ext2/3/4
jfs-modules-${kernel:Version} # Without this, d-i won't know about JFS
reiser4-modules-${kernel:Version} # Thus I thought this would allow
d-i to *know* about reiser4
mkreiser4-udeb # This provides mkfs.reiser4 to d-i
reiser4progs-udeb # This provides fsck.reiser4 to d-i
[...]
After "make build_netboot" finished and tested the installation mini.iso:
lsmod: shows reiser4 module (which I loaded manually from the d-i shell utility)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNKHCDyUkAA0lic.png:large
However d-i partman still does not recognize the reiser4-formatted partition:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNKHCDmUcAAc6pT.png:large
Which means, I now should attempt to create a partman-reiser4 udeb for d-i?
Thank you for all your help and I appreciate your hints and suggestions.
Best professional Regards.
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http://metztli.it
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