[OpenAFS] openafs-1.2.11 on rhel-3 Linux for s/390 broken ???

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:18:47 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Sekhar. V wrote:

> Hi,
> I have downloaded the openafs-1.2.11-rhel3.0.1.src.rpm from openafs.org
> and successfully built the binary rpms. But the afs fails to start with
> the following error:
>
> > /sbin/insmod -P smp_ -f -m
> > /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.21-9.EL-s390.o
> > Failed to load AFS client, not starting AFS services.
>
> $ dmesg shows the error "Failed to find the address of sys_call_table".
> $ uname -r shows 2.4.21-9.EL

export sys_call_table in your kernel, or figure out why the evil function
which grovels it out has assumptions which are wrong for s390 linux.