Am Dienstag, 8. September 2020, 17:47:10 CEST schrieb Larry Finger:

A few weeks ago, the virtualbox project was split into two parts - one to build the main packages, and the other to build the kernel modules. I then issued a linkpac command to link them. Shortly after this change was published, it was suggested a multibuild approach would be better, and that was done. All is working mostly OK; however, I have two questions:

A standard osc build command works fine, but the kernel modules are not built. OBS does what is expected; however, I would like to save some load on OBS by verifying that the modules will build correctly before uploading changes. What osc build options should I use to build that part of the project?

The second question is how to remove the now-dead link to a kmp sub-project? That will save roughly 50% of the OBS build time.

Can't halp you with your questions, sorry, but this reminds me of something, that I wanted to ask: for what reason does the kmp package rebuild the initrd? Usually, the initrd contains only those modules, that are essential for initial boot setup, eg. everything, that is needed to mount and switch over to the real root. The virtualbox host kmp doesn't do anything in this respect, does it? Omitting the initrd rebuilds would speed up VB updates considerably.. Thanks, Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

Am 08.09.20 um 18:36 schrieb Hans-Peter Jansen:

Can't halp you with your questions, sorry, but this reminds me of something, that I wanted to ask: for what reason does the kmp package rebuild the initrd?

That's part of the kmp packaging macro magic, not much the kmp packager can do about it. There is the possibility of doing crazy ugly hacks like %define regenerate_initrd_posttrans /bin/true\ %{nil} but a bug / feature request against kernel-macros package to give kmp packagers an easy and documented way to say "this module will not end up on initrd" would be better :-)

Usually, the initrd contains only those modules, that are essential for initial boot setup, eg. everything, that is needed to mount and switch over to the real root. The virtualbox host kmp doesn't do anything in this respect, does it?

Omitting the initrd rebuilds would speed up VB updates considerably..

90% of the KMP modules would benefit from such a feature ;-) -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org