During the build of the out-of-tree drivers, the base image will always have the kernel-core package installed. And the Makefile doesn't pass the KERNEL_VERSION argument to the build command. So, it's simpler to rely on the kernel-core package info.
The commands to get the KREL and KDIST were not working with RHEL 9.4 kernel. The new set of commands has been tested with ubi9/ubi:9.4 and centos/centos:stream9 based driver toolkit image and they return the correct value. For example, the values returned for the following kernels are:
5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4 (ubi9:ubi:9.4):
KVER: 5.14.0
KREL: 427.28.1
KDIST: .el9_4
5.14.0-427.el9 (centos/centos:stream9):
KVER: 5.14.0
KREL: 427
KDIST: .el9
The OS_VERSION_MAJOR argument is also not passed by the Makefile, but we can get it from the /etc/os-release file. I'm switching to grep+sed, because I don't want to load all the other variables.
rhatdan
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1 month ago
During the build of the out-of-tree drivers, the base image will always have the
kernel-corepackage installed. And theMakefiledoesn't pass theKERNEL_VERSIONargument to the build command. So, it's simpler to rely on thekernel-corepackage info.The commands to get the
KRELandKDISTwere not working with RHEL 9.4 kernel. The new set of commands has been tested withubi9/ubi:9.4andcentos/centos:stream9based driver toolkit image and they return the correct value. For example, the values returned for the following kernels are:5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4(ubi9:ubi:9.4):KVER:5.14.0KREL:427.28.1KDIST:.el9_45.14.0-427.el9(centos/centos:stream9):KVER:5.14.0KREL:427KDIST:.el9The
OS_VERSION_MAJORargument is also not passed by theMakefile, but we can get it from the/etc/os-releasefile. I'm switching to grep+sed, because I don't want to load all the other variables.