Inst of proxmox kernel 6.5 installs proxmox headers 6.5 and 6.8

  • Hi there, I just installed the proxmox 6.5 kernel on my hp microserver gen8. During installation I saw that both kernel headers for 6.5 and 6.8 got installed. Normally this is not necessary because headers for 6.8 are only for kernel 6.8.


    Is this a "bug" in the depency check during installation?

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    Is this a "bug" in the depency check during installation?

    No. The plugin installs the pve-headers meta package which is currently pointed at the 6.8 headers by proxmox. What issue is this causing?

    omv 7.7.9-1 sandworm | 64 bit | 6.11 proxmox kernel

    plugins :: omvextrasorg 7.0.2 | kvm 7.1.6 | compose 7.6.6 | cterm 7.8.5 | cputemp 7.0.2 | mergerfs 7.0.5 | scripts 7.2


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  • Ok actually no issue just the question as I said it is a little confusing to install newer and two kernel headers for the running kernel as normally only the corresponding kernel headers should be installed.


    On my "old" hardware the newest kernel 6.8 has the problem with some new default when using "virtiommu" active in bios. So I did not found during searching some forums if there would be some performance impact if I disable virtiommu" in bios of the server.

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    just the question as I said it is a little confusing to install newer and two kernel headers for the running kernel as normally only the corresponding kernel headers should be installed.

    While I get that the 6.8 kernel is not installed, it is very common to have more than set of kernel headers installed. Other plugins use the meta package as a dependency to eliminate having to maintain exact package name versions. Other than using a little bit of space, I don't see any issue with leaving it this way to eliminate me having to update and release packages every time there is a new version.

    omv 7.7.9-1 sandworm | 64 bit | 6.11 proxmox kernel

    plugins :: omvextrasorg 7.0.2 | kvm 7.1.6 | compose 7.6.6 | cterm 7.8.5 | cputemp 7.0.2 | mergerfs 7.0.5 | scripts 7.2


    omv-extras.org plugins source code and issue tracker - github - changelogs


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