Arch Linux User Repository

Ok created a public working copy here with history: https://github.com/sickcodes/linux-git

Just submitting a PR, with the way I use it; would love to see how everyone else uses this

@osimarr, see https://github.com/sickcodes/linux-git/invitations

Perhaps merge and you take charge?

I changed it to 'any' and used zcat config.gz

The last version of the linux-git package was disowned and deleted. I've restored it taken ownership, as I do make use of this package.

This package will automatically update it's version

Note: This is a -git package and the version will automatically update to the latest mainline commit when it is run, having pulled down the branch from the repository. It will normally only be updated between major versions in order to include any updated configuration for new modules and features or settings changes.

we now have flags for the repo cloning which saves quite some bandwith, e.g.:

GITFLAGS="--depth=1" makepkg
GITFLAGS="--depth=1" paru -S linux-mainline

in case the repo supports partial clones, --filter=tree:0 would be an option as well. this then even updates the repo correctly as soon as this is merged: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/merge_requests/53

i'd be glad if you could try out your use case and maybe put a comment into the merge request?

https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/41e9b62450ed0e7f520fa49be7117399da2d53f8/trunk/PKGBUILD#L112 needs to be added or dkms can fail spectacularly.

I personally use this a lot to build arbitrary kernels but it needs a cleanup;

Tons of Steam Deck users are gonna be playing around so wanna add 'any', and GKH is maintaining 5.10.y and a whole bunch of other kernels due to popular demand.

@osimarr should I delete this or convert it into just a generic x.x.y PKGBUILD?

5.15    Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2021-10-31  Oct, 2023
5.10    Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2020-12-13  Dec, 2026
5.4     Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2019-11-24  Dec, 2025
4.19    Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2018-10-22  Dec, 2024
4.14    Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2017-11-12  Jan, 2024
4.9     Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin    2016-12-11  Jan, 2023

via kernel.org

Ok created a public working copy here with history: https://github.com/sickcodes/linux-git

Just submitting a PR, with the way I use it; would love to see how everyone else uses this

@osimarr, see https://github.com/sickcodes/linux-git/invitations

Perhaps merge and you take charge?

I changed it to 'any' and used zcat config.gz

@osimarr sure gimme sec, I will create a repo for PRs if that helps, Ill show you what I use and you can show me what you use and we can come up with something cool

If possible, I'd like to co-maintain too. I created linux-mainline-git as I'm using it regularly. I'm basing the config on official Arch's config + extra configs I may notice important.

Just adopted unless anyone else wants to co-maintain, I'll make it update to latest release kernel, based off what /proc/config.gz you're using.

I got this error when compiling second time to bisect a bug.

make[4]: *** No rule to make target 'libbpf_legacy.h', needed by '/mnt/d/code/linux-git/src/linux/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'.  Stop.
make[3]: *** [Makefile:158: /mnt/d/code/linux-git/src/linux/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:44: /mnt/d/code/linux-git/src/linux/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2

I fixed it by changing make all to make clean all.

After upgrading to 5.16-rc1, it requires resolve_btfids 1 to build modules correctly, so it misses the following steps:

    mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/
    cp /tmp/packerbuild-1000/linux-git/linux-git/src/linux/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/

Otherwise you will get an error during building modules:

/bin/sh: line 1: ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:61: /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.28_OSE/build/vboxnetadp>
make[2]: *** Deleting file '/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.28_OSE/build/vboxnetadp/vboxnetadp.ko'
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/bin/sh: line 1: ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:61: /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.28_OSE/build/vboxnetflt>
make[2]: *** Deleting file '/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.28_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/vboxnetflt.ko'
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:140: __modpost] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:1761: modules] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.16.0-rc1-1-git-00003-g8ab774587903/build'

Extremely important if you use a swap file (e.g. fallocate, dd)

https://lwn.net/Articles/848265/

Do not touch 5.12-rc1, Linus says there is a bug that can overwrite data if you use a swap file.