From b3804d5997e92fb600851c99fcd336bb520be822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Hu Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 14:18:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Adding some notes to clarify based on some internal questions that have been raised on this workaround --- docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst b/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst index 3df864a89..19cec3574 100644 --- a/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst +++ b/docs/source/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ xCAT Genesis Base ================= -*Note*: Please rebuild ``xCAT-genesis-base`` with ``xCAT-genesis-builder`` version equal and newer than *2.13.10* before updating xCAT *2.13.10* and higher. +.. note:: Ensure that you rebuild ``xCAT-genesis-base`` with ``xCAT-genesis-builder`` version >= to *2.13.10* before updating xCAT to *2.13.10* or higher. xCAT ships a ``xCAT-genesis-base`` package as part of xcat-deps. This is a light-weight diskless linux image based on Fedora (Fedora26, currently) that is used by xCAT to do hardware discovery. @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ 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. + 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. 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/