[OpenAFS] redhat 7.1 kernel modules

[Nordwall, Douglas J]

we have several machines runnign 2.4.5 w/ open afs on redhat 7.1

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Day [mailto:jd9812@my-deja.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:46 AM
> To: openafs-info@openafs.org
> Subject: RE: Re: [OpenAFS] redhat 7.1 kernel modules
> 
> 
> > Troy Dawson <dawson@fnal.gov>Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
> > Re: [OpenAFS] redhat 7.1 kernel modules Derek Atkins 
> <warlord@MIT.EDU>Date: 22 Jun 2001 10:23:54 -0400
> >
> >The actual kernel headers in RH7.1 come NOT from the kernel-headers
> >RPM as you would expect, but from the kernel-source RPM.  The
> >kernel-headers RPM installs the necessary headers for normal
> >user-space compilations to work (into /usr/include/linux et. 
> al.).  It
> >does not provide the necessary kernel headers to compile a kernel
> >module; those come from the kernel-source RPM.
> <snip>
> 
> Sorry about entering into this discussion late, but I thought 
> I'd just throw my 0.002 units of local currency's worth in.
> 
> Red Hat has this rather irritating habit of putting the 
> headers into two spaces - /usr/include/ and 
> /usr/src/linux/include/. This has two effects:
> 
> First, upgrading a kernel won't necessarily upgrade both sets 
> of headers. The result of this is that it's impossible to be 
> sure that the kernel you're using and the modules compiled 
> against it are for the same version.
> 
> Second, if you're cross-compiling, you have absulutely no 
> idea what assembler headers you're using.
> 
> I try to encourage users and developers, AS STANDARD, to 
> eliminate the /usr/include/[linux, asm] directories, and 
> symlink to the main tree, even if the main tree just has 
> those two directories. In the end, it does save a lot of 
> stress and may reduce your Dilbert Index to within bounds the 
> human frame was designed to stand.
> 
> On a related note, I notice that OpenAFS -only- seems to 
> compile for Linux 2.4.2 (the kernel that came with RH 7.1 - 
> Seawolf). Are there any reports of people getting AFS to run 
> under Linux 2.4.5 or later?
> 
> 
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