[arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (was: [signoff] udev-145-1)

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Dan McGee

3 Aug 2009 3 Aug '09

5:29 p.m.

2009/8/3 Angel Velásquez :

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I'll shoot an email to Slicehost on my behalf to see what kernels they have available. What other VPS providers offer Arch? It isn't a tough thing to find out how much we can get away with here.

-Dan

I think SevenL networks (who provide services to us) offers Arch...

Doing a search on google "archlinux hosting" [1] I found some companies that I didn't notice of their existence in fact.

Got a response from Slice: The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please let us know and we can take care of that for you. 2.6.24 - 23.48 2.6.24 - 24.55 I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now what they actually include as it might include a fully working signalfd(). If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are already using their services) and post the response here, that would be cool. -Dan

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Dan McGee

3 Aug 3 Aug

5:46 p.m.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Dan McGee wrote:

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2009/8/3 Angel Velásquez :

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I'll shoot an email to Slicehost on my behalf to see what kernels they have available. What other VPS providers offer Arch? It isn't a tough thing to find out how much we can get away with here.

-Dan

I think SevenL networks (who provide services to us) offers Arch...

Doing a search on google "archlinux hosting" [1] I found some companies that I didn't notice of their existence in fact.

Got a response from Slice: The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please let us know and we can take care of that for you. 2.6.24 - 23.48 2.6.24 - 24.55

I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now what they actually include as it might include a fully working signalfd().

udev-145 should work fine with a 2.6.24.5 kernel or newer, and latest kernel above is definitely fixed: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git;a=shortl... http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git;a=commit... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+changelog

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If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are already using their services) and post the response here, that would be cool.

-Dan

Pierre Chapuis

10 Aug 10 Aug

6:57 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:29:02 -0500, Dan McGee wrote on [arch-dev-public] :

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Got a response from Slice: The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please let us know and we can take care of that for you. 2.6.24 - 23.48 2.6.24 - 24.55

I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now what they actually include as it might include a fully working signalfd().

If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are already using their services) and post the response here, that would be cool.

Did someone with a Slice perform the update yet? It looks like I'm stuck with 2.6.18-xen when I -Syu. Do all SliceHost users have to email them to upgrade the kernel, and do these kernel versions really work? I wouldn't like to break my Slice too much... -- Pierre 'catwell' Chapuis

Dan McGee

7:26 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Pierre Chapuis wrote:

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Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:29:02 -0500, Dan McGee wrote on [arch-dev-public] :

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Got a response from Slice: The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please let us know and we can take care of that for you. 2.6.24 - 23.48 2.6.24 - 24.55

I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now what they actually include as it might include a fully working signalfd().

If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are already using their services) and post the response here, that would be cool.

Did someone with a Slice perform the update yet? It looks like I'm stuck with 2.6.18-xen when I -Syu. Do all SliceHost users have to email them to upgrade the kernel, and do these kernel versions really work? I wouldn't like to break my Slice too much...

The kernel is not an Arch package at all, it is managed externally by Slice. If you send them a support request requesting a new kernel, they are happy to oblige, remembering that they will need to reboot your slice for it to be rolled out. -Dan

Aaron Griffin

8:18 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Dan McGee wrote:

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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Pierre Chapuis wrote:

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Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:29:02 -0500, Dan McGee wrote on [arch-dev-public] :

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Got a response from Slice: The following kernels are available for your slice to upgrade. Please let us know and we can take care of that for you. 2.6.24 - 23.48 2.6.24 - 24.55

I believe these should be Ubuntu kernel versions; I'm seeing right now what they actually include as it might include a fully working signalfd().

If anyone wants to contact some other providers (especially if you are already using their services) and post the response here, that would be cool.

Did someone with a Slice perform the update yet? It looks like I'm stuck with 2.6.18-xen when I -Syu. Do all SliceHost users have to email them to upgrade the kernel, and do these kernel versions really work? I wouldn't like to break my Slice too much...

The kernel is not an Arch package at all, it is managed externally by Slice.

If you send them a support request requesting a new kernel, they are happy to oblige, remembering that they will need to reboot your slice for it to be rolled out.

I asked them and the general response was that they wouldn't be updating to a compatible kernel for a little while, and that it would be listed on: http://www.slicehost.com/blog/

Pierre Chapuis

8:20 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

Le Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:26:17 -0500, Dan McGee a écrit :

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The kernel is not an Arch package at all, it is managed externally by Slice.

If you send them a support request requesting a new kernel, they are happy to oblige, remembering that they will need to reboot your slice for it to be rolled out.

OK, I'll do that then. Thanks for the information.

Aaron Griffin

8:47 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Arch minimum kernel version (udev) and SliceHost

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Pierre Chapuis wrote:

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Le Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:26:17 -0500, Dan McGee a écrit :

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The kernel is not an Arch package at all, it is managed externally by Slice.

If you send them a support request requesting a new kernel, they are happy to oblige, remembering that they will need to reboot your slice for it to be rolled out.

OK, I'll do that then. Thanks for the information.

Eeek. Check the man page for signalfd for sample code: agriffin@snarf:~$ man signalfd agriffin@snarf:~$ vim signalfd_demo.c agriffin@snarf:~$ gcc signalfd_demo.c -o signalfd_demo agriffin@snarf:~$ ./signalfd_demo signalfd: Function not implemented $ uname -a Linux snarf 2.6.24-24-xen #1 SMP Tue Jun 30 21:53:02 UTC 2009 x86_64 Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2212 HE AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux This is my slice with the latest kernel they support

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