the crashdump kernel flavor. Commonly, one would specify "xen" here.
For XenServer 6.5 or above, the kernel version naming no longer contains
-KERNEL_FLAVOR. Correspondingly, the the final "rpmbuild" step changes to:
+KERNEL_FLAVOR. In fact, only providing the `uname -r` output is enough.
+So, the final "rpmbuild" step changes to:
```
- VERSION=<Open vSwitch version>
- KERNEL_NAME=<Xen Kernel name>
- KERNEL_VERSION=<Xen Kernel version>
- XEN_VERSION=<Xen Kernel flavor(suffix) >
+ KERNEL_UNAME=<`uname -r` output>
rpmbuild \
- -D "openvswitch_version $VERSION" \
- -D "kernel_name $KERNEL_NAME" \
- -D "kernel_version $KERNEL_VERSION" \
- -D "xen_version $XEN_VERSION" \
+ -D "kenel_uname $KERNEL_UNAME" \
-bb xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec
```
-where:
-
- `<Xen Version>` is the output of `uname -r`. Since XenServer 6.5, the
- directory name in 'lib/modules/' becomes a shortened expression of the
- KERNEL_VERSION.
Installing Open vSwitch for XenServer
-------------------------------------
# -D "kernel_flavor xen"
# -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/openvswitch-xen.spec
#
-# For XenServer version >= 6.5, replace kernel_flavor with xen_version which
-# should be the `uname -r` output.
+# For XenServer version >= 6.5, use kernel_uname which should be
+# the `uname -r` output.
# for example:
#
# rpmbuild -D "openvswitch_version 2.3.0+build123"
-# -D "kernel_name NAME-xen"
-# -D "kernel_version 3.10.41-323.380416"
-# -D "xen_version 3.10.0+2"
+# -D "kernel_uname 3.10.0+2"
# -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/openvswitch-xen.spec
#
# If tests have to be skipped while building, specify the '--without check'
%define openvswitch_version @VERSION@
%endif
+%if %{?kernel_uname:1}%{!?kernel_uname:0}
+%define kernel_name kernel
+%define kernel_version %{kernel_uname}
+%endif
+
%if %{?kernel_name:0}%{!?kernel_name:1}
%define kernel %(rpm -qa 'kernel*xen-devel' | head -1)
%define kernel_name %(rpm -q --queryformat "%%{Name}" %{kernel} | sed 's/-devel//' | sed 's/kernel-//')
%endif
%if %{?xen_version:0}%{!?xen_version:1}
-%define xen_version %{kernel_version}%{kernel_flavor}
+%define xen_version %{kernel_version}%{?kernel_flavor:%{kernel_flavor}}
%endif
# bump this when breaking compatibility with userspace
Group: System Environment/Kernel
License: GPLv2
Provides: %{name}-modules%{?kernel_flavor:-%{kernel_flavor}} = %{kernel_version}, openvswitch.ko.%{module_abi_version}
+%if %{?kernel_uname:0}%{!?kernel_uname:1}
Requires: kernel%{?kernel_flavor:-%{kernel_flavor}} = %{kernel_version}
+%endif
+%if %{?kernel_uname:1}%{!?kernel_uname:0}
+Requires: kernel-uname-r = %{kernel_version}
+%endif
%description %{module_package}
Open vSwitch Linux kernel module compiled against kernel version