Arrr! Linux 2.6.18. Goodbye mkinitrd/mkinitramfs

iphitus · 2006-09-20 08:14:45

Guys, if you haven't moved from mkinitrd/mkinitramfs, the time to switch to mkinitcpio is now, mkinitcpio will shortly be marked to replace the mkinitrd and mkinitramfs in [current].

Enjoy the shortlog:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-k … 122126&w=2

Beyond will be out soonish after CK comes out.

James

[edited by dibble - sorry James]

dtw · 2006-09-20 08:24:20

Was talk like a pirate day yesterday, eh?

iphitus · 2006-09-20 09:01:56

dtw wrote:

Was talk like a pirate day yesterday, eh?

yep btw, what did you edit lol

(apology accepted)

dtw · 2006-09-20 10:20:30

iphitus wrote:

btw, what did you edit lol

I just rejigged and made it more explicit. You guys should also consider a pre-2.6.18 warning on the home page - if the warning goes on as the pkg gets released then that will be too late for many..regardless of how many warnings they have had.

Why not do set the replaces before 2.6.18 hits [current]? At least people will still be using the same kernel which will prevent confounding in the bug reports!

FUBAR · 2006-09-20 10:26:37

How does this improve Arch for the enduser? Or is it mainly an improvement for the developers?

tomk · 2006-09-20 10:43:51

Have a look here.

baze · 2006-09-20 11:53:37

during the new mkinitcpio i get

>>> Generating fallback ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
>>> If you don't use lvm2 or encrypt you can ignore the errors
>>> about missing lvm2 and encrypt hook.
:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [ide]
:: Parsing hook [scsi]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [usbinput]
:: Parsing hook [raid]
FATAL: Hook 'lvm2' can not be found.
upgrading klibc... done.

i saw the notice that i can ignore the lvm2 error, but it seems as if the fallback image was not created due to this, so i think it can't be ignored that easy...

tpowa · 2006-09-20 11:54:56

ok ... seems i have to remove this then again

tpowa · 2006-09-20 12:18:59

kernel-2.6.18-2 package fixes this issue

detto · 2006-09-20 12:42:37

tomk wrote:

Have a look here.

Reading the 'about' part ...
First thing is it uses klibc, from kernel devs. Second thing i notice is that mkinitcpio is developed by phrakture, tpowa and community.
Does this mean phrak and powa are also kernel devs? Or is mkinitcpio just arch exclusive?

cromo · 2006-09-20 15:52:26

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/scsi.h: exists in filesystem
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/scsi_ioctl.h: exists in filesystem
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/sg.h: exists in filesystem

Had to do pacman -Rd kernel-headers.

tpowa · 2006-09-20 16:01:37

the kernel26 package does not include anything for /usr/include, don't know why you get conflicts.

brain0 · 2006-09-20 16:06:12

cromo wrote:

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/scsi.h: exists in filesystem
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/scsi_ioctl.h: exists in filesystem
kernel-headers: /usr/include/scsi/sg.h: exists in filesystem
Had to do pacman -Rd kernel-headers.

This is not related to the kernel, but to the toolchain changes (binutils, kernel-headers, glibc) that JGC is/was doing.

EDIT: you probably have the same problem I have now, pacman wants to upgrade binutils and kernel-headers, but not glibc, which causes the above conflict.
EDIT2: this should be fixed soon, update using pacman -Syu --ignore binutils --ignore kernel-headers for now
EDIT3: okay, ftp.archlinux.org has synced again, the conflict is gone now.

JGC · 2006-09-20 16:26:35

glibc 2.4-3 contained errors, so I pulled it back from testing a few minutes after it was uploaded. In the meanwhile I built a 2.4-4, which works fine.

kernel-headers 2.6.18 contains three files also contained in the glibc package from current.

After glibc 2.4-4 has been installed on your system, make sure the /usr/include/scsi/sg.h and the other two headers over there exist. If not, just reinstall kernel-headers.

archuser · 2006-09-20 17:31:40

Right, I've just made a kernel26.img using mkinitcpio with the default settings; My system has booted fine and seems ok so far.

Does that mean I'm all set for the change over?

fk · 2006-09-20 17:34:52

I get some errors while installing kernel26 from testing, bevore I have updated binutils glibc usw, no problems

[root@dune flo]# pacman -S kernel26

Targets: kernel26-2.6.18-2

Total Package Size:   17.8 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y

:: Retrieving packages from testing...
 kernel26-2.6.18-2        [################] 100%   18222K   153.4K/s  00:01:58

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.alias: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ccwmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.dep: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.inputmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ofmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.pcimap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.seriomap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.symbols: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.usbmap: exists in filesystem


errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[root@dune flo]#

fk · 2006-09-20 19:13:46

hm I have try witch pacman -Sf kernel26, and now it run

Lone_Wolf · 2006-09-20 21:01:04

I just installed kernel 2.16.18-2 in an arch vm running under vmware and there were no problems.

pelle.k · 2006-09-20 23:02:01

error: the following file conflicts were found:
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.alias: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ccwmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.dep: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.inputmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.ofmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.pcimap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.seriomap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.symbols: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.18-ARCH/modules.usbmap: exists in filesystem

What are those? It happens to me frequently when i'm trying to package drivers in debian with checkinstall.

byte · 2006-09-21 03:08:02

I think those are generated when running depmod; kernel and module install scripts do that.

In my opinion those shouldn't belong to any package other than the kernel.

wrythe · 2006-09-21 03:39:03

Beautiful! Just installed it and it's working without a hitch. This coming from a person who couldn't run any version or flavor of 2.6.17 because of ACPI issues. No kernel issues, no mkinitcpio issues, no quirky hardware issues, just perfect. It'll be nice to able to stay current on the laptop now.

once · 2006-09-21 07:18:17

so far got 3
1. sometime reboot, kernel check 1st HD with hde, sometime hda.
2. power can not off when shutdown.
3. group crash, so re-pacman shadow again.

FrankTM · 2006-09-21 08:26:42

frank@andretti:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X800 PRO Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)

frank@andretti:~$ glxinfo  | grep direct
direct rendering: Yes

fglrx now works properly too, had some issues with rc5 or something

funkmuscle · 2006-09-21 10:56:01

I have updated binutils glibc and the latest kernel and now all apps using wine segmentation faults.
I've rebuilt wine but no go, the all crash.
fst, dssi or install any apps with wine.

sula · 2006-09-21 11:41:42

Wine in arch repos is obsolete too.. 0.9.19 in repos , 0.9.21 is released ,0.9.22 is coming soon

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#1 2006-09-20 08:14:45

Arrr! Linux 2.6.18. Goodbye mkinitrd/mkinitramfs

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