[OpenAFS] libafs: falsely claims to have parameter sys_call_table_addr

[William John Murray]

Amar P. Patel wrote:

> sxw@inf.ed.ac.uk wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Amar P. Patel wrote:
>>
>>> I get the error:
>>> libafs: falsely claims to have parameter sys_call_table_addr
>>> Failed to load AFS client, not starting AFS services.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes - this is caused by the Linux OpenAFS kernel module using a 
>> configuration interface which has been deprecated in the upstream 
>> kernel.
>>
>> There are patches to fix this in rc10 - but unfortunately, they're 
>> conditionalised on a 2.6.16 kernel - FC5 ships with a 2.6.16 release 
>> candidate, but gives it a 2.6.15 version number.
>>
>> You can either upgrade your kernel - FC5 now has a real 2.6.16 kernel 
>> available from updates, or apply the patch that is bug #29112
>>
>> You'll also need the patch from bug #29122, or the alternative that 
>> was posted to this list earlier, to solve a problem with glibc's new 
>> setjmp behaviour.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Simon
>>
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>
> I ran yum -y update kernel, and got the message:
>
> Could not find update match for kernel.
>
> Amar

Probably the mirror picked for you is slow. Wait a few hours, or to 
force it try:
yum update kernel kernel-devel --enablerepo=updates-testing
That should bring in the 2080 kernel and its devel version. 
    Bill