[OpenAFS] RH9 FS Stability

[Derek Atkins]

set your environemnt:

  export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
  bosserver &

This should stabilize the RH9 servers.

-derek

Matthew Hoskins <matt@njit.edu> writes:

> (didnt reply to list)
>
> Matthew Hoskins wrote:
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>> Todd M. Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> [not to the list...]
>>>
>>> Matthew Hoskins wrote:
>>>
>>>> What combinations (if any) of kernel/libs result in stable OpenAFS
>>>> fileservers on RH9?   Or are people still running 7.3?   RH
>>>> Enterprise?
>>>> We are rather dependent on our OpenAFS fileservers on RH Linux,
>>>> but are unable to get a stable fileserver on RH9. (RH7.3 is rock
>>>> solid, havn't tried fedora yet)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can't address the other issues, but I did try Fedora Core 1.  I
>>> wouldn't trust a coffee maker running on it, and I don't drink
>>> coffee!  It'll get better I'm sure, but don't go there yet.
>>
>>
>> Of course i would not jump into fedora w/o plenty of testing.  And
>> certainly not before FC2 is released...   Most of fedora's
>> instability are in the fast paced development of the end user
>> (Xll/Gnome/etc...) junk.   But if i tested fedora in the way that i
>> run my other fs servers... which is very stripped down... and it was
>> stable, i would consider it.    For a stable fs i need a compatable
>> and stable combination of kernel+libs+lvm+ext3+OpenAFS.   If fedora
>> can give me that, and i can prove to myself its stable, ill move to
>> it. Thats (one of)  the great thing about AFS/OpenAFS, We can run a
>> mixed envrionment.   If vendor support evaporates (like it always
>> does) we can shift stuff around to suit.  We already run a mixed
>> server env for that reason.
>>
>>>
>>>   I have read previously that there is a bug somewhere
>>>
>>>> in the nptl code that causes FS instability.   Is this being
>>>> addressed?  Is there a workaround?
>>>>
>>>> -Matt
>>>>
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