[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS server 1.3.80 on x86_64

[Onime Clement]

Hi,
Error -1 seems like a kernel module related issue, i.e afsd was unable to
find the kernel module, so you do need the MP kernel module..
Sorry 2.4.25 is a Mandrake kernel which I compiled myself (replaced the
SATA_SIL patch), but the server is actually using 2.4.28.0.rc1.5
Which other kernel modules do you have loaded, is there a chance that one
of them plays with the sys_call table?
But if you intend to run a server, you do not need to start afsd? afsd is
only for a client. I run openafs 1.2.11 or openafs-1.2.13 on my
dual-opteron clients, those work okay. I have the src.rpms in the
directory http://www.ictp.it/~onime/amd64/

For a server, you can modify the /etc/sysconfig/afs script and enable the
server and disable the client.
If you want to try a new kernel, I think 2.4.28 is also okay.


Thanks
Clement

> Hi, Onime,
> I successfully rebuild the rpms from your sources. The startup script
> loads
> libafs-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.XFSsmp-amd64
> into the kernel. If I try to start afsd with that I get
>  /etc/init.d/afs start
> Found libafs-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.XFSsmp-amd64.o from SymTable... Loading...
> Starting AFS services.....
> afsd: Error -1 in basic initialization.
> afsd: Error enabling dynroot support.
> Adding cell 'fzk.de': error -1
> Adding cell 'rl.ac.uk': error -1
> Adding cell 'hep.man.ac.uk': error -1
> ...
> If I load the other one, libafs-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.XFSsmp-amd64.mp I see
> exactly
> the same problem that I reported. I'm running on a dual opteron box as you
> are. Can you tell me which of the two modules you are actually using ? (mp
> or
> not). If you are also using the mp version, I should probably try to
> exchange
> my kernel. 2.4.25 looks like a vanilla kernel, is that correct ?
>
> Thank's a lot,
> Ulrich
>
>> Yes, I have successfully configured/used a dual Opteron Box as an AFS
>> fileserver using 1.3.79 with XFS, I think it was a 2.4.25 kernel.
>>
>> You can find my RPMS for Mandrake 10.1 from
>> http://www.ictp.it/~onime/amd64/openafs-1.3.79/
>
>