kernel source from SL111_BRANCH differs from kernelpackages

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#1

hi there,

one question: why differs the kernel-source version from the kernel packages version in the sl111_branch?! see the following link
Index of /repositories/Kernel:/SL111_BRANCH/openSUSE_11.1 for verification.

so for now i’m not able to get the kernel source for my installed kernel! :frowning: but for some compiling issues (with virtualbox or vmware) would it be really useful to have matching versions of the running kernel and the kernel source. where could i get the kernel-source for the offered packages (or should i compile the kernel for myself with the sources …?!) thanks for an answer :slight_smile:

helge.

#2

Hmm, I see the SRPMs in that repository (and I’m only looking at that repository) match the RPMs. How do you mean the source doesn’t match the binary?

#3

As You can see the kernel-source is different than the kernel default 2.6.27.8 and 2.6.27.13
I don’t know what benefits made You switch to this kernel, just use openSUSE 11.1 kernel and it’s kernel source and You should be fine.

#4

Ok, I see that there isn’t a kernel-default for the latest kernel-source. This repo looks like a developer’s testing branch. Should you even be using it? The standard kernel-default and kernel-source are in the normal OSS repo.

#5

hi,

i had problems with the delivered standard kernel from opensuse11.1 and encryption of the root fs. the kernel from that repository did the trick. at installation time there was a matching kernel-source package but one update run via zypper installed a newer kernel-source package without a new kernel. now i’m looking for a matching pair …

helge.

#6

Have you tried the factory repo?

#7

I can help You with the encryption because i’m running 3 encrypted partitions right now.

#8

… i will try the factory repository. are there any changelogs available for these kernelversions hosted in this repository?!

helge.

#9

hi, thanks for your offer :slight_smile: i’m already running right now with encrypted root fs partition. as i said i had some trouble with the standard kernel but with the update it runs smoothly … :slight_smile:

#10

Well ok but You didn’t explain what kind of problems You had with 11.1 kernel.

#11

… well, to close this track, i did a kernel update to the last 2.6.27.13 version found in the opensuse factory trunk, it runs without any issues, so i’m running now with matching kernel and kernel-sources again. in the meantime i found out the maintainer of the sl111_branch and wrote an email to him - till now without response … :wink:

lesson learned: never run zypper update without checking packages to update before … :wink: