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

[Akemi Yagi]

Because drbd is not enabled in RHEL (therefore Rocky), we cannot expect
updates to the source code. It might happen but it is very unlikely.

Akemi

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 10:59 AM John McNally <jmcnally at acm.org> wrote:

> Akemi,
>
> Thanks for the info. I agree -- drbd 9 is the way to go. Now, I have to
> convince the ganeti devs to work on supporting it. Right now, drbd 8.4 is
> the max supported by ganeti.
>
> Just to clarify, though: There will be updates to drbd 8.4.10 through the
> remaining life of EL8?
>
> Regards,
>
> _________________
> John McNally
> jmcnally at acm.org
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 1:22 PM Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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