Re: New packages repositories for kernel modules (without typo)

From: Zhenlei Huang <zlei_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 10:53:23 UTC

> On May 16, 2025, at 9:51 PM, bapt@freebsd.org <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> New package repositories available for kernel modules.
> 
> Since 14.2-RELEASE we have been publishing a repository of packages built for
> all supported arches.
> 
> With the upcoming 14.3-RELEASE we have extended the infrastructure so it now
> covers the following branches:
> - releng/14.2 (14.2-RELEASE) (from latest and quarterly ports)
> - releng/14.3 (14.3-RELEASE) (from latest and quarterly ports)
> - stable/14 (14.3-STABLE) (from latest and quarterly ports)
> - main (15.0-CURRENT) (only latest ports)
> 
> To use them, here is the necessary configuration:
> (it can be added to /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/kmods.conf)
> 
> ----
> FreeBSD-kmods: {
> 	url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/KMODSFLAVOR",
> 	mirror_type: "srv",
> 	signature_type: "fingerprints",
> 	fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
> 	enabled: yes
> }
> ----
> 
> KMODSFLAVOR repect the following pattern:
> 
> kmods_PORTBRANCH_MINORRELEASE
> 
> List of what is being published:
> 
> +----------------------+----------------+-------------------+
> | FreeBSD Release      | ports main     | ports quarterly   |
> +----------------------+----------------+-------------------+
> | FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE | kmods_latest_2 | kmods_quarterly_2 |
> | FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE | kmods_latest_3 | kmods_quarterly_3 |
> | FreeBSD 14.3-STABLE  | kmods_latest   | kmods_quarterly   |
> | FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT | kmods_latest   |                   |
> +----------------------+----------------+-------------------+
> 
> Note for current and stable the repositories are built against
> the version available in the weekly pkgbase snapshots.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bapt
> 


Nice work !

Best regards,
Zhenlei