[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on Linux 2.5.x

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
15 Apr 2003 16:05:21 -0400


Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:

> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > It's going to fail regardless, until someone ports the kernel module
> > to 2.5.  The kernel interfaces have changed significantly since 2.4
> > (as has the kernel-module build system!).  It will be a good couple
> > man-weeks, I suspect, to port the code to 2.5.
> 
> Not really, but I don't think it's worth bothering unless the kernel
> people have decided to stop treating us like a third world country.

You mean in terms of inserting ourselves into the sys_call_table?  Or
are you referring to something else?

I don't think all the kernel people are treating "us" that way --
although there are certainly a few pundits who do.

-derek
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