Additional Packaging Options - UG1586

Akmods RPM Sub-Package as Alternative to DKMS

Red Hat Akmods is a system which, like DKMS, builds kernel modules on-demand. Unlike DKMS, it is integrated into the Red Hat ecosystem. It uses rpmbuild to build onload-kmod-$(uname -r) RPMs which it installs with yum/dnf. It only builds for kernel versions which are missing the /lib/modules/*/extra/onload/ (package name) directory. As with the dkms RPM, the akmods RPM is available in EPEL. To use:

rpmbuild -tb --without kmod --without dkms onload-*.tgz
yum install -y onload-user onload-akmod
/usr/sbin/akmods # Optionally, build immediately

Optional Sub-Packages

When building RPM or DEB packages, all sub-packages are built by default. It is now possible to choose outputs. For example, to build only userland and DKMS sub-package:

• From an RPM:

  rpmbuild -tb --without kmod --without akmod onload-*.tgz

• From a DEB:

  
  debuild -i -uc -us --build-profiles=pkg.onload.nosource