On 02/15/2009 08:35 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
> [...]
> I posted this message as I have several questions.
>
> (1) TOMOYO can't be built as a kernel module, and will break kabi compatibility
> checking.
>
> Is it possible to add "a rebuilt kernel with added drivers and filesystem
> support" which breaks kabi compatibility checking into CentOS repository?
>
Hello
Centos ships in it's official repositories only rpm binaries built
from the content provided by RH. Those in [Base] and [Updates] try to be
identical replicas (modulo the usual trademarks/copyrights
modifications) while those from [Centosplus] enable several (to be read:
many) modules which are included but not enabled.
Any kernels which include other modifications, especially patches,
are provided by alternate channels and private repositories. Therefore
your patch cannot be included as such in Centos's kernels as long as
RHEL does not ship it either. However I guess that a reference to TOMOYO
and a link to the alternate repo could be added in the wiki, offering
an opt-in feature for the users who want it. What I am sure is that a
kernel which breaks ABI will never be part of the official repos, ABI
compliance for its entire lifespan is one of the core features of the
distribution.
> (2) I'm everytime manually patching .spec file and rebuilding RPM package.
> This causes some delays between the CentOS's kernel release and TOMOYO
> enabled kernel release. To be able to release updates as soon as possible,
> I will be happy if an automated build environment is available.
>
> Can I release updates sooner than now?
>
Well, you could use upstream's src rpm and/or correlate with Centos
developers...
> (3) Whose GPG key is used for signing "modules in TOMOYO enabled kernel RPM
> package" and "TOMOYO enabled kernel RPM packages"?
Probably yours :)