> Hi folks,
>
> facing debian discontinuing linux vserver kernel packets we thought of
> building kernels ourselves - resp. let them get built automatically.
>
> We came up with a tool, that
> - determines
> - kernel source code version
> - vserver patch code version
> - downloads them
> - applies the vserver patch
> - applies a .config from the last build
> - runs "make oldconfig" and acknowleges the proposed defaults
> - compiles the kernel
> - builds the kernel-package
> - sets up a virtual machine using kvm and squeeze
> - install the new kernel package
> - runs some tests [0]
> - boot
> - check ip connectivity
> - create lvm2 pv, vg, lv
> - more to come (iptables, ...)
> - builds a meta package for easy updating
> - uploads the packages to our repository
>
> So, if basic tests fail, no kernel packages are provided.
> We are very well aware of the pitfalls this simple process
> may include and so should you :-)
>
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.lihas.de/lihas-kernel/ stable main
>
> $APT-TOOL install linux-image-3.4-vserver-amd64
>
> Currently this service is provided for kernel 3.4
>
> Further plans include automatic builds of util-vserver,
> drbd-utils, improved tests, other kernel versions
> and, last but not least, general improvements.
> Please direct questions and suggestions to
>
> kernel@lihas.de
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