[OpenAFS] OpenAFS & Linux kernel 2.6: please have a trackable bug report / task ?

[John C. Welch]

On 2/18/04 1:44 PM, "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow@dementia.org> wrote:

>> Not to interrupt or intrude, but all software has requirements of some sort.
>> If you make the Linux Security Module an AFS requirement for those running
>> the 2.6 kernel, then it seems that the problem is halfway solved. Some form
> 
> Not really. The requirement is "users don't need to build kernels". If
> vendors ship kernels with this, fine. If they turn it off, the problem is
> still 0% solved.

There's also the issue of regression testing post rebuild, which has to be
done, especially in a production environment. You can't just "figure it will
work", and barring perfect duplication of test and production environments,
you can't really rely on a test server. So a kernel rebuild is not going to
fly that well.

john

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