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# SIG/Kernel meeting 2023-11-30
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## Attendees
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* Sherif Nagy
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* Neil Hanlon
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* Pratham Patel
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* Mustafa Gezen
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* Pablo Greco
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## Discussions
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* This SIG does have some overlap with SIG/Altarch
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* Altarch was expecting to base on elrepo
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* Two options: mainline and LTS. Default to Mainline
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* Two kernels right now:
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* LTS - manual, done by Pablo
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* Mainline - kernel packer in Peridotv2
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* standard config from upstream doesn't support a lot of our SBCs
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* intending to stay as close to upstream as possible
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* Upstream == fedora rawhide branch's RHEL configs
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* ** Can we build a kernel-mainline artifact for altarch. e.g., kernel-mainline-sbc like kernel-rt/64ka **
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* Alternatively, we can create a new package for that name, but that is probably a lot of rework (?)
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* ELrepo contributions
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* What changes are we going to contribute?
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* There are some subset of changes which are beneficial to the overall ecosystem (like an SBC variant which is disabled by default)
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* There's some stuff they might not want to use, and our specs will definitely change over time, not necessarily in step with ELRepo
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* Mainline variant for SBCs
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* Two options: subpackage of mainline or discrete packed kernel with a new name
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* Leaning towards a discrete package which can be 'packed' directly into git.r.o/sig/altarch/ namespace, if needed
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* Idea on generating kernel configs for SBCs
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* For some sbcs we need to boot via dtb and not acpi so we require mainline kernel
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* usually require drivers which are disabled by default
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* https://git.resf.org/thefossguy/kernel-elrepo/commit/ff349cb79376d1ef4b80c4f8c2cb07703dc3db5e
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* Pablo: Fedora is generally open to enabling these in those configs, and are usually enabled already
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* RHEL configs are a lot more conservative as they only enable what they need
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* Harder to go from RHEL -> working SBC than Fedora -> working (typically), so this is the approach usually he takes
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* ELRepo is in the middle :)
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* Recommends starting with fedora than trying to work backwards
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* Pratham will try this
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* Also working on comparing 9.2 configs to 9.3 with prior work on sbc enablement
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* seems to be working (booting) where elrepo kernel was not
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* need to work out when acpi is not there
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* https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark
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* Mainline kernel is 6.5 right now, we will go to 6.6
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* There is an issue with 6.7, we have issues w/ NX and shim
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* There is an exception for Linux distributions right now, but we won't be able to sign 6.7 without a new shim
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* We'll try and hold onto 6.6 for as long as we can -- and that's OK
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* May need to have non-nx and nx-ready shim
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* :upside-down-face:
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* Sherif will be working on LTS 6.1 on x86 a bit this week
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## Action items
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* Documentation on SIG
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* Kernel packer - Mustafa
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* Specfile derrived from ELRepo
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* Configs derrived from s.fp.o/rpms/kernel (rawhide branch, RHEL configs)
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* Sources from kernel.org
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* Roles / Responsibilities - Neil / Sherif
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* Onboarding - Neil
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* Update membership - Neil
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* Usage instructions
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* What packages are available, what are they, etc
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* Secureboot info
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* Update kernel-mainline to 6.6 - Neil / Mustafa
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* Write ticket about shim / kernel 6.7 issues (for tracking and visibility) - Neil
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* Setup and document creation of variant for mainline-sbc - Mustafa / Sherif / Neil
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* Develop plan on how to contribute our changes to ELRepo - Neil
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* LTS 6.1 not compiling on x86 - Sherif
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* Write SIG update for Fresh Air newsletter - Neil
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## Old business
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### 2023-11-28
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* Published kernel-mainline!
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