Custom Linux kernels for Promox VE 6.
- Linux 5.11 (Stable)
- Linux 5.10 (Long-term)
- Proxmox
- Navi Reset
Select from the Releases page the kernel version you want to install and download the appropriate Debian package. Then, you can install the package as follows:
apt install ./pve-kernel-VERSION-MARCH_VERSION_amd64.deb
When using these kernels, Proxmox's AppArmor profiles may fail to load since it
uses an older AppArmor feature set which is not supported by these kernels anymore.
This issue also appears when launching LXC containers.
To fix this, tell AppArmor to use the stock features file as opposed to
Proxmox's features file, which is done by updating /etc/apparmor/parser.conf
as follows:
## Pin feature set (avoid regressions when policy is lagging behind
## the kernel)
# lxc-pve diverts to old feature file that is incompatible with kernel
# features-file=/usr/share/apparmor-features/features
features-file=/usr/share/apparmor-features/features.stock
You may also choose to manually build one of these kernels yourself.
Make sure you have at least 10GB of free space available and have the following packages installed:
apt install devscripts debhelper equivs git
In case you are building a kernel version >= 5.8, make sure you have installed at least dwarves >= 1.16.0. This version is currently is not available in the main repository. To work around this issue, we describe two options:
- You may add the Debian Buster Backports repository to your APT sources as described
here and install the
newer
dwarves
package as follows:apt install -t buster-backports dwarves
- Alternatively, you may download
the newer
dwarves
(>= 1.16) package from the Debian website and install the package manually, for example:wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dwarves-dfsg/dwarves_1.17-1_amd64.deb apt install ./dwarves_1.17-1_amd64.deb
Obtain the source code as follows:
git clone https://github.com/fabianishere/pve-edge-kernel
cd pve-edge-kernel
Then, select the branch of your likings (e.g. v5.10.x
) and update the submodules:
git checkout v5.10.x
git submodule update --init --depth=1 --recursive linux
git submodule update --init --recursive
First, create the control file for your kernel:
debian/rules debian/control
Before we build, make sure you have installed the build dependencies:
sudo mk-build-deps -i
Invoking the following command will build the kernel and its associated packages:
debuild -ePVE* --jobs=auto -b -uc -us
The Makefile provides several environmental variables to control:
PVE_BUILD_FLAVOR
The name of the kernel flavor which represents a selection of kernel functionality (e.g. hardened or zen). This name is part of the kernel version and package name, which means that you can have multiple flavors of the same kernel installed alongside each other. Note that the name itself does not control the selection of kernel functionality.PVE_BUILD_PROFILE
(defaultgeneric
)
The name of the kernel build type which represents the compilation options of the kernel (e.g. optimization level or micro architecture). This name is appended as suffix to the Debian package version in case it is not the default value.PVE_KERNEL_CC
The compiler to use for the kernel build.PVE_KERNEL_CFLAGS
The compilation options to use for the kernel build. Use this variable to specify the optimization level or micro architecture to build for.
Kernel options may be controlled from debian/config/config.pve. To build with additional patches, you may add them to the debian/patches/pve directory and update the series file accordingly.
Questions, suggestions and contributions are welcome and appreciated! You can contribute in various meaningful ways:
- Report a bug through Github issues.
- Propose new patches and flavors for the project.
- Contribute improvements to the documentation.
- Provide feedback about how we can improve the project.