[OpenAFS] Problem w/ Linux 2.4.7

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:

> > In src/afs/LINUX/osi_vfs.h try adding:
> >         struct char_device      *i_cdev;
> > right after the line:
> >         struct block_device     *i_bdev;
> > and before:
> >         unsigned long           i_dnotify_mask;
> 
> If an element of that structure was missing, why wouldn't there have been
> a compile-time error?  At any rate, I tried it.  No change in behavior.

because it's a parallel structure in openafs (and ibm afs) required to
match the linux kernel, e.g. something to be kept in sync, which fell out
of sync. it shouldn't matter in this case, and someone claimed it didn't.