linux-sabayon kernels [Solved]

[rnsd]

Hi,
I just installed sabayon 10 the other day. I've used linux for a long time and I've used gentoo in the past so I haven't had much trouble with sabayon, except I'm a little confused by the linux-sabayon kernels available in entropy.

uname says I'm running linux 3.5.0 and I'm having an NFS/idmap problem that seems to be solved in 3.5.4 so I thought I would upgrade the kernel. equo says I have sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.5-r7 but that seems to be the latest version available, even in the sabayonlinux.org and sabayon-limbo repos.

I have no problem getting the source from kernel.org and compiling it myself if necessary but before I do that I want to make sure I'm not missing something. The wiki docs give examples like equo install sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-2.6.36 and in portage I see a more familiar looking gentoo-sources-3.5.4, but what is linux-sabayon-3.5-r7 built from? Again uname says it is 3.5.0 but how do you find out before you install it? I couldn't see that information anywhere using equo, rigo or at https://packages.sabayon.org/show/linux ... 5,standard Is this kernel developed independently of the kernel.org kernels? Where can I found out more about it?

[Stupot]

See the following thread: http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=27984

(Basically, 3.5-r7 is the latest version of 3.5.x available for Sabayon at the moment. 3.5.4 is or will be 3.5-r# to Sabayon users.)

[ratcheer]

I am fairly sure that linux-sabayon-3.5-r7 is the Sabayon package name of the Linux 3.5.4 kernel.

Tim

[Fitzcarraldo]

Why not look in the Git repository of SL kernels?

1. Click on the link 'Git' at the top of this page.
2. Click on the link 'linux/kernel/sabayon.git'.
3. Click on the link 'sabayon-3.5-r7' under the 'Tag' heading.
4. Click on the link 'tree'.
5. Click on the link 'sabayon' in the 'Name' column.
6. Click on the link 'config' in the 'Name' column.
7. Click on the link of the kernel for the arch you're interested in. For example, I'll click on 'sabayon-3.5-amd64.config'. Notice the comment in the config file header has:

Linux/x86_64 3.5.3 Kernel Configuration

You can also look through the list of repository commit messages to find out the current kernel version:

https://git.sabayon.org/linux/kernel/sa ... log/?h=3.5

[rnsd]

Thank you for the helpful replies.

Still, if 3.5-r7 is 3.5.3, I'm confused as to why everything says 3.5.0. During boot and running uname it says 3.5.0 and in /boot I have kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.5.0-sabayon?

It seems like including the kernel version in the package metadata somehow would make it easier and less confusing for the user to determine which version(s) they have but maybe there is a reason this is not possible or not desirable.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Just for the avoidance of doubt, you have upgraded your kernel, right? This has to be done manually even if you use the usual equo update && equo upgrade && equo conf update procedure to 'roll' the distribution forwards. The procedure for upgrading the kernel manually is detailed in an article in the SL Wiki (see HOWTO: Upgrade kernel using Entropy) but there is a command line utility (kernel-switcher) which can be used instead and makes it much easier (see Entropy: Using_Kernel_Switcher).

[rnsd]

I've tried upgrading but it says I already have 3.5-r7. I actually did do the reinstall of linux-sabayon-3.5-r7 yesterday just in case, but everything still said 3.5.0 afterward.

Code: Select all

# equo update
>>  @@ Repositories synchronization ...
>>   # Sabayon Linux Official Repository
>>   # Repository URL: http://pkg.sabayon.org/standard/sabayon-weekly/database/amd64/5
>>   # Repository local path: /var/lib/entropy/client/database/amd64/sabayon-weekly/standard/amd64/5
>>   # Repository API: 3
>>      Attention: repository is already up to date.
>>  @@  Notice board: sabayon-weekly
>>     [0] [Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:15:44 +0000] Title: Important: Sabayon needs your donation NOW

# equo install --ask linux-sabayon
>>  @@ These are the chosen packages:
>>    # (1/1) [sabayon-weekly] sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.5-r7
>>     Versions: 3.5-r7 / NoTag / 0 ===> 3.5-r7 / NoTag / 0
>>      Action:          Reinstall
>>  @@ Packages involved: 1
     Would you like to continue with dependencies calculation ? [Yes/No] no

# eselect kernel list
Available kernel symlink targets:
  [1]   linux-3.4.0-sabayon *
  [2]   linux-3.5.0-sabayon
                 

I just installed linux-sabayon-3.4-r6 because it solved my NFS problem and seems to be working well otherwise. I noticed that it similarly is identified as 3.4.0 by uname, etc; even though the SL git repository indicates that it is built from linux 3.4.5. I guess that is just how SL kernel maintainers build their kernels? It certainly caused me a lot of confusion and uncertainty about which kernel was running or installed. Of course I am free to use a kernel from somewhere else or build my own which I might just do because aside from this I really like Sabayon so far.

Anyway, thanks again for your help.