[kernel-xen] kernel-xen doesn't provide ABI version, variant and standard kernel symbols

[Steven Haigh]

Hi Yuriy,

I had a quick look and I can't see what those extra provides are 
actually for. I'm a bit hesitant to add extra provides without:
	a) knowing what they are used for; and
	b) knowing if my build provides them.

It may or may not be bad that these are not added, but it could be even 
worse if they are there and not provided in the package.

Do you have any further information on the values and what they are used 
for - maybe an example of something that relies on them?

Steven Haigh

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On 10/10/2012 10:53 PM, Yuriy Kohut wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm highly interested in using the kernel-xen provided.
> I have noticed that the latest kernel-xen-3.5.4-3.x86_64 package from the repository doesn't provide standard data such as:  ABI version, variant and kernel symbols. For example, Provides for the package looks like:
>
> rpm -q --queryformat "[%{PROVIDES}\n]" kernel-xen-3.5.4-3.x86_64
> kernel-xen
> kernel-xen
> kernel-xen(x86-64)
>
> While regular RHEL/CentOS 6.x kernel provides much more data:
> ------
> kernel(DSA_verify)
> kernel(FsmChangeState)
> kernel(FsmDelTimer)
> kernel(FsmEvent)
> kernel(FsmFree)
> kernel(FsmInitTimer)
> kernel(FsmNew)
> kernel(FsmRestartTimer)
> kernel(HiSax_closecard)
> kernel(IO_APIC_get_PCI_irq_vector)
> kernel(I_BDEV)
> kernel(NS8390_init)
> kernel(PageHuge)
> kernel(____pagevec_lru_add)
> kernel(___pskb_trim)
> kernel(__add_pages)
> …
> kernel(zlib_inflate_workspacesize)
> -----
>
> The data need to keep compatibility while installing kernel related packages, for example extra kernel modules,
>
>
> Thanks in advance for the answer and your job.
> ---
> Yura
>
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