From 702c9690da76b3c93d54ef1fb672b61093d7aad7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Meffie Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:36:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update linux-rc builder intro text --- devel/BuildbotLinuxBuilder.mdwn | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/devel/BuildbotLinuxBuilder.mdwn b/devel/BuildbotLinuxBuilder.mdwn index ebb5872..35e3c13 100644 --- a/devel/BuildbotLinuxBuilder.mdwn +++ b/devel/BuildbotLinuxBuilder.mdwn @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ Buildbot Linux RC builder for OpenAFS ===================================== -OpenAFS source code changes are frequently required to keep up with changes in -the Linux VFS. Most releases of Linux require changes to keep the OpenAFS port -to build and function with Linux, since OpenAFS is out of tree due to licensing -incompatibilities between GPL and the IBM public license. In order to catch -build errors as the Linux and OpenAFS code changes, a nightly builder on the -OpenAFS buildbot has been created to automatically build the various git -branches of OpenAFS on the most recent Linux kernel release candidate every -day. The builder spins up a virtual machine guest, installs the most recent -Linux release candidate image and headers, reboots the guest, then attempts to -build and run OpenAFS on the release candidate. +Most releases of Linux require OpenAFS code changes, since OpenAFS is out of +tree due to licensing incompatibilities between GPL and the IBM public license. +In order to catch build errors early, a nightly builder on the OpenAFS buildbot +has been created to automatically build the various git branches of OpenAFS on +the most recent Linux kernel release candidate every night. The builder spins +up a virtual machine guest, installs the most recent Linux release candidate +image and headers, reboots the guest to run the new Linux release candidate, +then attempts to build and run OpenAFS on the release candidate. Linux KVM and `libvirt` commands are used for virtualization. The builder downloads pre-build Linux release candidates published by the Ubuntu Kernel -- 1.9.4