[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.2.10 Under RHL 7.3 / Kernel 2.4.20-27.7 i686

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:28:38 -0500


Red Hat is different.  Please do not confuse users who use the Red Hat
RPMS.

-derek

"ted creedon" <tcreedon@easystreet.com> writes:

> On my SUSe system libafs.o needs to be in
> /lib/modules/<system>/fs/openafs/libafs.o
> And you can insmod libafs.o
>
> When openafs client is started is automatically loads llibafs.o
>
> tedc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org [mailto:openafs-info-admin@openafs.org]
> On Behalf Of Pitt Med
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 9:48 AM
> To: openafs-info@openafs.org
> Subject: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.2.10 Under RHL 7.3 / Kernel 2.4.20-27.7 i686
>
> We had been using OpenAFS 1.2.9 under whatever the previous kernel was for
> RHL 7.3 and we upgraded to kernel 2.4.20-27.7.  OpenAFS would no longer
> work, we we upgraded to 1.2.10.
>
> Here are the RPMs installed
> openafs-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-client-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-krb5-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-kernel-source-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-compat-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-server-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-devel-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
> openafs-kernel-1.2.10-rh7.3.1
>
> We then typed the following commands in the OpenAFS directory
>
> ./configure --enable-transarc-paths
> make
> make install
>
> After that, when trying to start OpenAFS it would complain that there was no
> kernel module in /usr/vice/etc/modload.  There was however this file in the
> OpenAFS directory
>
> src/libafs/MODLOAD-2.4.20-27.7-SP/libafs-2.4.20-27.7.o
>
> so it was copied to /usr/vice/etc/modload
>
> Now when we try to start OpenAFS we get this:
>
> Hmm...  I can't seem to find an AFS kernel module suitable for your Linux
> kernel.  That means you will need to build or obtain a suitable module.
> The following information may be of some use in obtaining assistance:
> CPU Type:       686.intel.8
> Linux version:  2.4.20-27.7 #1 Thu Dec 11 15:04:48 EST 2003
> RedHat release: Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
> Symbol versions:
>   iget4      1e83f57b
>   iget4      1e83f57b
>   sock_create 766c165d
> Did not find matching module in SymTable
> Starting AFS services.....
> afsd: All AFS daemons started.
>
> Any suggestions as to what went wrong?  Thanks!
>
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