ansible_role_fedora_kernel_lts

An Ansible role for automating the build of the LTS Linux kernel RPMs for Fedora.

Builds of this kernel are published to a Fedora Copr repository. Instructions on how to enable the repository and install the kernel can be found here.

Requirements

• Ansible >= 2.6

Role Variables

Immutable (should not be changed unless rebasing ontop a new X.Y kernel):

• kernel_version_major = The major Linux kernel version.
• kernel_version_minor = The minor Linux kernel version.

Mutable (user configurable):

• kernel_version_patch = The patch Linux kernel version.
• git_repository_kernel = The Git repository to use for the upstream Fedora kernel.
• git_branch_kernel = The branch, commit, or tag to checkout from the Git repository.
• rpmbuild_sources_dir = The path to the "SOURCES" directory that will be used by rpmbuild.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

• An example "site.yml" Playbook file. By default, source RPMs will built.

---
- hosts: build_host
  roles:
    - ansible_role_fedora_kernel_lts

• Run the Playbook as a non-root user with privileges to install build dependencies and then build the RPMs.

$ ansible-playbook --become-method sudo --ask-become-pass site.yml

• When re-running the Playbook, installing the dependencies can be skipped.

$ ansible-playbook --skip-tags become site.yml

• Optionally build the binary RPM.

$ ansible-playbook --skip-tags become --extra-vars rpmbuild_options="-bb --with headers --without cross_headers --without debug --without debuginfo --without pae" site.yml

Testing

$ molecule converge -- -vvv
$ molecule destroy

Contributing

For rebasing kernels and removing patches, use this Bash command to get all of the changelogs since the last release of the kernel used in ansible-role-fedora-kernel-lts. A lot of Fedora patches get backported into the upstream kernel. The example grabs all of the changelogs for 4.19.15 through 4.19.20.

$ for i in $(seq 15 20); do curl https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.$i >> /tmp/kernel.changelog; done

License

GPLv3