[OpenAFS] Problem with Redhat 7.2 and openafs 1.2.3

[Derek Atkins]

Zhi-Wei Lu <zwluxx@chopin.cipic.ucdavis.edu> writes:

> Dear AFS gurus,
> 
> I have recently upgrade my redhat 7.1 machine to redhat 7.2 with the
> latest stock kernel of 2.4.9-21
> 
> uname -r: 2.4.9-21 and it is a i686 machine.
> 
> I have upgraded to  openafs 1.2.2a from previous version and later upgraded 
> again to 1.2.3. I am having some problems with the afs.  

OpenAFS 1.2.2 (or 1.2.2a) wont work with Linux 2.4.9.  The 1.2.3
release should.

> (1) Right after the upgrade, it will fail to use the cache properly.
> in /var/vice/cache (which is on a ext2 partition), and /afs will not mount.
> Reboot the machine will also fail and I have to push the reset button.

I've never noticed this before.  Are there any log messages?

> I also noticed a message in the 
> /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs.map file:
> 
> Warning: loading /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.9-21-i386.o will taint the kernel: no license
> Warning: loading /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.9-21-i386.o will taint the kernel: forced load

This is a known issue.  You can safely ignore it.

> (2) After remove the /var/vice/cache contents, it will initialize the cache
> and /afs mounted okay.  However, if I try to copy a large number of files
> to the afs space, afs will failed to worked properly, even though /afs is 
> still mounted.

I've never heard of this before, either.  Did you use the prebuilt
RPMS or did you compile AFS on your own?

> (3) If I try to manually load the module
> /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.9-13-i686.o
> I will get a whole lot of "unresolved symbol" messages and the following 
> message:libafs-2.4.9-13-i686.o: Note: modules without a GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols

Well, right -- you can't use libafs-2.4.9-13 on kernel 2.4.9-21.
It's not at all surprising that this fails for you.

> Does anybody experience similar problems with 7.2 and afs 1.2.2 and 1.2.3?

I've not heard of anyone else having this particular problem.

-derek
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       Derek Atkins
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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