[OpenAFS-devel] Impending OpenAFS 1.2.9 and Phoebe/2.4.20

[Derek Atkins]

Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:

> > Is it envisioned that the 1.2.9 release of OpenAFS will compile with the
> > 2.4.20 kernel? I am in the position of needing to use this kernel with an
> > AFS client (on an RH7.3-ish system, actually) on some new server hardware
> > that requires the newer kernel, and without a working AFS client on that
> > platform I'm kinda stuck.
> 
> It should. You're welcome to 
> cvs co -r openafs-stable-1_2_x openafs
> and try it. 1.2.8 worked with 2.4.20 as far as I knew, is this some
> vendor's "special" (short bus, not today's catch) kernel?

Well, Pheobe is Red Hat's pre-8.1 beta release, so yes, it is a
"special" kernel, as all RH kernels are.

-derek
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