[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on Linux 2.5.x

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Steven Jenkins wrote:


> > Well, worst case is people who care patch their kernels, but that's a high
> > burden. It won't be "impossible". It will just be "annoying".
>
> Yes, it's a high burden. Especially if commercial application vendors
> insist on an unmodified kernel as a condition of software support.
> Organizations may have to choose between AFS and a flagship application
> like a CAD system, ERP system, etc. Not a good thing.

Yup.

> > Of course, I assume this leaves Debian out in the cold, so it's not really
> > desirable.
>
> I don't follow you here. Does Debian insist on stock kernels? Seems like
> Debian users would be more likely to be able to patch a kernel. (I don't
> know much about Debian. Red Hat is our "official" Linux at work and I
> run Gentoo at home.)

I don't know about "insist", but I think that's what they ship.