From 64f6d4986adb75e618b674dbc32e85b1809b3b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Gurevich Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:27:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update genesis-base building instructions --- docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst b/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst index 19cec3574..bfeef688b 100644 --- a/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst +++ b/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ To support the Power9 hardware, changes are made to the kernel in the Red Hat En Work-around ----------- -.. note:: The genesis-base must be compiled on the Power9 hardware. If the management node is not Power9 hardware, manually provision a compute node, build the genesis-base RPM, then install it on the management node. +.. note:: The genesis-base must be compiled on the Power9 hardware, running RHEL7. If the management node is not Power9 hardware, manually provision a RHEL7 compute node, build the genesis-base RPM, then install it on the management node. -xCAT cannot ship a kernel based on RHEL distribution, so the customer needs to build a version of the ``xCAT-genesis-base`` on-site using a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. +xCAT cannot ship a kernel based on RHEL distribution, so the customer needs to build a version of the ``xCAT-genesis-base`` on-site using a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Building ``xCAT-genesis-base`` on a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is currently not supported. 1. Download the latest timestamp version of the ``xCAT-genesis-builder`` RPM provided here: http://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-dep/2.x_Linux/beta/ -2. Install the ``xCAT-genesis-builder`` RPM on a node that is installed with the RHEL version being deployed. +2. Install the ``xCAT-genesis-builder`` RPM on a node that is installed with the RHEL version 7. 3. Build the ``xCAT-genesis-base`` RPM: ::