[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on Linux 2.5.x

Andrew Leahy aleahy@knox.edu
Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:26:24 -0500


Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
>>I'm concerned about AFS not running on Linux 2.6. Other organizations
>>may have the concern. Solving this problem will require writing code,
>>but it will also require convincing the Linux kernel developers to
>>incorporate the code. From previous discussion on this list, it seems
>>that may not be easy.
> 
> 
> 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".

I was looking through the 2.5 status list recently:

http://kernelnewbies.org/status/latest.html

And there was an entry for "Andrew File System (AFS) support" in 2.5.43. 
This led me to believe that AFS support in 2.6 wasn't going to be a problem. 
   Am I wrong on this?

Andrew Leahy