[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS on Raspi (ARM)

Derek Atkins derek@ihtfp.com
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:04:53 -0400


HI,

Harald Barth <haba@kth.se> writes:

> I just tested the OpenAFS client and dkms packages on a Raspi 4 under
> Raspian dist.
>
> As my Raspi 4 has 4GB of RAM I thought memcache was a nice idea.
>
> Nope, I got a bunch of uninterruptable defunct afsd and raising load.
>
> So I can report that the combination of 
>
> openafs 1.8.2-1 
> kernel 4.19.66-v7l+ on armv7l
> and memcache

What size memcache?  Try with a very very VERY small memcache.

> is somehow broken. With disk cache instead it passes a simple "write
> file and delete it" test.
>
> Unfortunately this box is not at a place where I with ease can do
> further tests which may result in many reboots, but I just thought I
> let you know of my findings if someone wants to do the same.
>
> Harald.

-derek
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