On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 10:19:03AM +0200, Tor Rune Skoglund wrote: > To answer my own question here in case it might help someone > else: I make this short writeup and also added the same info to > the wiki. Please feel free to correct and change. > ****** > As of april 2016 there is no current maintainer for > linux-vserver kernels on Gentoo. The Gentoo maintainers seem to > have adapted a more "aggressive" approach related to removing > unmaintained Gentoo packages, so they have deleted all "old" > vserver pre-patched kernels from portage. This means that one > has to install the vserver patch manually. > However, this is a fairly simple process, depending on whether > you find a kernel source in portage that has an available > linux-vserver kernel patch also. If you do not find a patch, and the kernel is somewhat stable in gentoo, do not hesitate to visit the IRC channel and ask for a specific patch, given that you can provide the sources to the unpatched kernel. Best, Herbert > This is what you need to do: > Have a look at Bertl's kernel patches. These are found on > http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/ and named "patch-" + the > kernel version the patch applies for. ("Experimental" is slightly > misleading...) > You'll then have to find kernel sources for which there is a patch > available. Take a look into /usr/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/. > This is what I've got currently: > amd64 ~ # ls -l /usr/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/ > totalt 228 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 23681 april 6 17:34 ChangeLog > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 104895 nov. 9 04:28 ChangeLog-2013 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 43787 nov. 9 05:11 ChangeLog-2015 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 11396 april 6 17:34 Manifest > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 642 jan. 25 00:06 metadata.xml > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 17 10:58 > vanilla-sources-3.10.101.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 18 23:03 > vanilla-sources-3.12.57.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 17 10:58 > vanilla-sources-3.14.65.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 april 6 12:49 > vanilla-sources-3.18.30.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 april 1 12:31 vanilla-sources-3.2.79.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 22 14:42 > vanilla-sources-3.4.111.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 april 6 12:49 vanilla-sources-4.1.21.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 17 10:58 vanilla-sources-4.4.6.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 456 mars 17 10:58 vanilla-sources-4.5.0.ebuild > Unfortunately, at this time of writing no patch exists for any of the > most recent kernels from that list.*If* it did, then install that > version and skip the next step and use the chosen kernel as the kernel > to install and patch later in this short writeup. > There is also a "gentoo-sources" kernel source alternative. These kernel > are slightly patched with Gentoo updates. However, it is my impression > that these kernels are not so heavily patched by Gentoo that they > couldn't accept the linux-vserver patch also. > Here is my Gentoo-sources: > amd64 ~ # ls -l /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/ > totalt 500 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 36798 april 6 17:34 ChangeLog > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 91971 nov. 9 04:28 ChangeLog-2007 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 101665 nov. 9 04:28 ChangeLog-2012 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 119486 nov. 9 05:11 ChangeLog-2015 > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 766 mars 17 00:18 > gentoo-sources-3.10.101.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 757 jan. 24 12:50 gentoo-sources-3.10.95.ebuild > <...several kernels deleted to save space...> > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 770 okt. 26 13:05 gentoo-sources-4.0.9.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 787 jan. 10 11:32 gentoo-sources-4.1.12.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 786 mars 21 12:45 > gentoo-sources-4.1.15-r1.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 794 mars 18 19:57 gentoo-sources-4.1.20.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 794 april 6 15:49 gentoo-sources-4.1.21.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 793 mars 17 00:56 gentoo-sources-4.4.6.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 793 mars 29 14:53 > gentoo-sources-4.5.0-r1.ebuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 40428 april 6 17:34 Manifest > -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 705 jan. 25 00:06 metadata.xml > There is a match. http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/ has a patch > for 4.1.12, so let's install the 4.1.12 gentoo-sources and try the > linux-vserver patch on it. > amd64 ~ # emerge -v =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.12 > Then download the corresponding patch from 13thfloor and save it into > the same directory as the emerged kernel sources which in this case is > /usr/src/gentoo-sources-4.1.12 . > cd into that source directory and install the linux-vserver kernel patch: > amd64 ~ # cd /usr/src/linux-4.1.12-gentoo/ > amd64 linux-4.1.12-gentoo # patch -p1 < patch-4.1.12-vs2.3.8.3.diff > patching file Documentation/vserver/debug.txt > patching file Makefile > Hunk #1 FAILED at 1. > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.rej > patching file arch/alpha/Kconfig > patching file arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S > patching file arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c > patching file arch/arm/Kconfig > <...further output deleted...> > Hopefully there shouldn't be any serious rejects. The only reject I got > was the makefile itself. By looking at the .rej file, it is just the > EXTRAVERSION that failed since EXTRAVERSION is already set to "-gentoo" > by gentoo-sources. So you can rather just edit EXTRAVERSION line the > makefile manually to whatever you like or keep it as it is. > Makefile.rej: > --- Makefile 2015-10-29 09:20:01.000000000 +0000 > +++ Makefile 2015-10-30 14:51:48.000000000 +0000 > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > VERSION = 4 > PATCHLEVEL = 1 > SUBLEVEL = 12 > -EXTRAVERSION = > +EXTRAVERSION = -vs2.3.8.3 > NAME = Series 4800 > # *DOCUMENTATION* > Then configure the kernel as you like using e.g. make menuconfig, then > make and make modules_install and install the kernel itself your usual way. > Den 30. mars 2016 17:12, skrev Tor Rune Skoglund: >> Hi List, >> I ran into an issue with network namespaces that seems to be fixed in a >> newer kernel (4.1.15) than the linux-3.18.7-vserver-2.3.7.4 which was >> included as the last one in Gentoo (until recently - as there is no >> Gentoo Vserver maintainer atm, that one also seem to be gone now). >> Anyway, any recommendation on patchset for newer kernels than the above? >> BR, >> Tor Rune Skoglund