[OpenAFS-devel] afs proc magic on Linux 2.6

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Saturday, April 23, 2005 08:55:04 PM -0400 "John S. Bucy" 
<bucy-openafs-devel@gloop.org> wrote:

>
> The /proc/fs/openafs ioctl stuff for afs syscall doesn't work on Linux
> 2.6 if afsd isn't actually running.  This is a pain since it means you
> can't get tokens without a client running.

Any chance you could be more specific?  What versions of Linux and OpenAFS 
are you using?  Exactly what AFS syscall did you try to make, and what 
error did you get?  What program made the call, and where did the binary 
come from?

Given that afsd uses that interface to set up the cache manager, I find it 
extremely unlikely that it doesn't work before the CM setup is complete. 
However, there is no reason to expect operations other than those related 
to CM setup and fileserver support to operate under these conditions.

-- Jeff