[arch-releng] dual arch CDs [was: A TODO draft for next installation media]

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 02/18/2010 09:09 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> On 02/18/2010 08:34 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
>> Am 18.02.2010 21:04, schrieb Dan McGee:
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Thomas 
>>> Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>>>> That would leave us with:
>>>> - kernel x86_64
>>>> - initrd x86_64
>>>> - kernel i686
>>>> - initrd i686
>>>> - packages core-any
>>>> - packages core-i686
>>>> - packages core-x86_64
>>>> - squashfs base system i686
>>>> - maybe overlay-any
>>> All 3 of the "packages" things can go in one big directory anyway- the
>>> filenames are all unique since we put the architecture in the package
>>> filenames. That would make the mounting process a lot less complex as
>>> nothing would need to change between what kernel, processor, etc. you
>>> are booting up on or want to install. Only the installer would care.
>> I would create all those as squashfs images. After that, we can put them
>> together for different ISOs, like core-i686, core-x86_64, core-any,
>> netinstall-i686, netinstall-x86_64 - all by just modifying the isomounts
>> file and (not) putting the appropriate squashfs images to the disc, no
>> other remastering necessary.
>>
> sounds good, but.... booting x86_64 kernel with i686 userspace, kernel 
> modules are invalid, so maybe, should also add squashfs with only 
> kernel modules, /lib/modules, whn booting x86_64
>
Another problem here (I recent detected) when remounting / (aufs) won't 
work, ioctl32 emulation fail (seems that is not implemented)

:: Mounting Root Read-only                                               
[FAIL]
/sbin/mount.aufs:plink.c:223: AUFS_CTL_PLINK_MAINT: Invalid argument

dmes:
ioctl32(mount.aufs:1425): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(00004100){t:'A';sz:0} 
arg(00000002) on /
ioctl32(mount.aufs:1433): Unknown cmd fd(4) cmd(00004100){t:'A';sz:0} 
arg(09f24b80) on /

anyway is not an issue at least in this case.


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