On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Sérgio Basto <ser...@serjux.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2017-07-14 at 08:03 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Sérgio Basto <ser...@serjux.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I have a bug report that can't build virtualbox kmods for kernels >> > on >> > rawhide >> > >> > Larry Finger for opensuse wrote: >> > >> > Yes, it does not work for kernel 4.11. The "#ifndef" will >> > eventually be >> > replaced >> > by "#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 13, 0)", but that >> > will >> > not work >> > until kernel 4.13-rc1 is released. You asked about 4.13-rc0, but >> > that >> > entity >> > does not exist here. >> > If your kernel Makefile does indeed have 4.13, then use the kernel >> > version test. >> > >> > So the main question is kernel Makefile does indeed have 4.13 ? >> >> No, and it won't until upstream releases 4.13-rc1. Merge window >> kernels are called 4.12+ until that point. The RPM versioning in >> Fedora is a construct to reflect that we are working on what will be >> the 4.13 code base. > > As I completely understand that we test it , I ask if is it possible > change kernel Makefile to reflect the new release , seems to me more > correct ... .
I'd recommend against it. It's an invented version that would only live for 2 weeks at a time and be a patch that needs to be applied. Upstream already expressed dislike for our invented 2.6.40 that we carried for a while because it causes confusion the other way too (e.g. "what is 2.6.40?? that's not a real version"). Instead, I'd recommend not building anything external against any merge window kernel. That is the time of maximal code churn and given that upstream doesn't provide a stable kernel ABI/API anyway, it seems to be the worst possible time to try and build something. Just wait for -rc1. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
