[OpenAFS-devel] How old of Linux do you use with OpenAFS?
Gary Gatling
gsgatlin@ncsu.edu
Fri, 6 May 2016 13:56:12 -0400
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On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to get a sense for what versions of Linux are in use with
> OpenAFS today, to give some guidance as to whether it may be appropriate
> to increase the minimum supported version of Linux from 2.6.0.
>
The oldest distro we use in production is openafs with is RHEL 5. We are
trying to retire the few remaining servers. (Like 2) We have a lot of RHEL
6...
I have been installing openafs on various distros in KVM vms order to test
a script I wrote that depends on openafs to work. I'm doing this because I
want it to be cross distro compatible. So this is kind of a rambling list.
Don't know how useful it could be...
RHEL 5/ CentOS 5, 2.6.18-409.el5. no problems compiling.
RHEL 6 / CentOS 6, 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64. no problems compiling.
RHEL 7 / CentOS 7, 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64. no problems compiling.
Arch Linux openafs dkms package is broken ATM because of bleeding edge
kernel. (4.5.1-1-ARCH) (openafs is in the AUR)
gentoo updated the kernel recently, but I'm not sure that they added the
required patches to openafs ebuild. So I did not compile it since I am
quite timid on gentoo type stuff. (updated to linux-4.4.6-gentoo) So for me
openafs is still working in the gentoo vm with an older kernel.
Fedora 24 beta also does not compile the kernel module. I mentioned that
before. I'm sure you guys are aware of it, etc. 4.5.1-300.fc24.x86_64. It
doesn't come out until June.
debian 8, 3.16.0-4-amd64. no problems installing from distro packages.
Mint 17, 3.13.0-37-generic no problems installing from distro packages.
ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.16.0-56-generic no problems installing from distro
packages.
ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-21-generic no problems installing from distro
packages.
I haven't gotten slackware 14.1 to work yet, but it has kernel 3.10.17-smp.
So I think it you remove support for 2.6 it hurts mainly older
RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux. (But that are still supported by Red Hat)
Cheers,
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04,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br><br>
I would like to get a sense for what versions of Linux are in use with<br>
OpenAFS today, to give some guidance as to whether it may be appropriate<br=
>
to increase the minimum supported version of Linux from 2.6.0.<br></blockqu=
ote><div><br></div><div>The oldest distro we use in production is openafs w=
ith is RHEL 5. We are trying to retire the few remaining servers. (Like 2) =
We have a lot of RHEL 6...<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have been install=
ing openafs on various distros in KVM vms order to test a script I wrote th=
at depends on openafs to work. I'm doing this because I want it to be c=
ross distro compatible. So this is kind of a rambling list. Don't know =
how useful it could be...</div><div><br></div><div>RHEL 5/ CentOS 5,=C2=A02=
.6.18-409.el5. no problems compiling.</div><div><br></div><div>RHEL 6 / Cen=
tOS 6,=C2=A02.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64.=C2=A0no problems compiling.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>RHEL 7 / CentOS 7, =C2=A03.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64.=C2=
=A0no problems compiling.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Arch Linux openafs d=
kms package is broken ATM because of bleeding edge kernel. (4.5.1-1-ARCH) (=
openafs is in the AUR)</div><div><br></div><div>gentoo updated the kernel r=
ecently, but I'm not sure that they added the required patches to opena=
fs ebuild. So I did not compile it since I am quite timid on gentoo type st=
uff. (updated to linux-4.4.6-gentoo) So for me openafs is still working in =
the gentoo vm with an older kernel.</div><div><br></div><div>Fedora 24 beta=
also does not compile the kernel module. I mentioned that before. I'm =
sure you guys are aware of it, etc.=C2=A04.5.1-300.fc24.x86_64. It doesn=
9;t come out until June.</div><div><br></div><div>debian 8,=C2=A03.16.0-4-a=
md64. no problems installing from distro packages.</div><div><br></div><div=
>Mint 17,=C2=A03.13.0-37-generic no problems installing from distro package=
s.</div><div><br></div><div>ubuntu 14.04 LTS=C2=A03.16.0-56-generic=C2=A0no=
problems installing from distro packages.</div><div><br></div><div>ubuntu =
16.04 LTS 4.4.0-21-generic no problems installing from distro packages.<br>=
</div><div><br></div><div><div>I haven't gotten slackware 14.1 to work =
yet, but it has kernel 3.10.17-smp.=C2=A0</div></div><div><br></div><div>So=
I think it you remove support for 2.6 it hurts mainly older RHEL/CentOS/Or=
acle Linux. (But that are still supported by Red Hat)</div><div><br></div><=
div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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