[elrepo] kmod-drbd84 -- new package for EL8.6

[Akemi Yagi]

As it turns out, drbd version 8.4.10 is the last one that builds under EL8.
More details can be found in:

https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1301

I recommend all users of drbd-8 on EL8 upgrade to version 9.

Akemi

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 12:08 PM Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> There was a typo in my previous message. The package was rebuilt against
> the el8.7 kernel. The source code did not change.
>
> Glad to learn the updated kmod now works. Thanks for the feedback. But
> please keep monitoring.
>
> Akemi
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 10:51 AM John McNally <jmcnally at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> Akemi,
>>
>> I installed the updated kmod-drbd84 and rebooted both my ganeti nodes
>> with the designated el8_7 kernel. After an hour or so, and some common DRBD
>> operations, everything looks normal. Also, the driver is now sitting in its
>> usual spot:
>>
>> /lib/modules/4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64/extra/drbd84/drbd.ko
>>
>> Instead of:
>>
>> /lib/modules/4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64/weak-updates/drbd84/drbd.ko
>>
>> ...where it was before the update.
>>
>> Did you simply rebuild on a system running kernel 4.18.0-425.3.1, or, was
>> there more to the fix?
>>
>> Thanks so much for quick update. I will let you know if any
>> anomalies occur.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> _________________
>> John McNally
>> jmcnally at acm.org
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 12:27 AM Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:54 PM John McNally <jmcnally at acm.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 11:11 PM Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 7:32 PM John McNally <jmcnally at acm.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I am a Rocky Linux 8.7 user using  I DRBD for volume sync on ganeti
>>> clusters. I was wondering if you expect to release an el8_7-compatible
>>> version of the kmod-drbd84 package soon. The most recent version on your
>>> mirrors, kmod-drbd84-8.4.10-1.18.el8_6, does not play well with Rocky 8.7.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Also, are there plans to release a DRBD 8.4.12 package?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks for your excellent work.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Regards,
>>> >> > ________________
>>> >> > John McNally
>>> >> > jmcnally at acm.org
>>> >>
>>> >> Our installation test indicated that the latest package,
>>> kmod-drbd84-8.4.10-1.18.el8_6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm, should work fine with
>>> el8.7. However we do not have an actual setup with drbd, so were not able
>>> to do a functional test. With your report, we will now rebuild it for el8.7.
>>> >>
>>> >> We will also try to build version 8.4.12.
>>> >>
>>> >> Akemi
>>> >
>>> > Akemi,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for your blazing fast response! FYI, the current kernel version
>>> for Rocky 8.7 (el8_7) is 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8. The symptom is sudden system
>>> crash when a DRBD device is initialized running on this kernel. If I reboot
>>> with the v8.6 kernel (4.18.0-372.26.1.el8_6) DRBD works more normally.
>>> >
>>> > If I can be of assistance with log entries or other system
>>> information, please let me know.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again.
>>> > _________________
>>> > John McNally
>>> > jmcnally at acm.org
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> The kmod-drbd84-8.4.10 package was rebuilt against the v8.9 kernel and
>>> has been pushed to our mirror sites:
>>>
>>> kmod-drbd84-8.4.10-1.20.el8_7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>>
>>> I will try to update the drbd version but this might take some time.
>>>
>>> Akemi
>>>
>>>
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