[OpenAFS] Status on 2.6 Kernel?

[Jack Neely]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 09:46:57AM -0700, e r0ck wrote:
> it supposedly works with 1.3.71. but i have not been able to get the
> kernel modules going. see my note from last week, which no one answered.
> 
> someone at ncsu supposedly has PAGs going (see link below). i'm actually
> only in need of the client at this time. is there a way to get that
> going without PAGs? 
> 
> here is the text of my note from last week.:
> 
> hi all,
> i'm trying to get just the client going on linux 2.6.8.
> kernel is running fine.
> 
> (new install)
> i patched the openafs source with the hooks for PAGs from here:
> http://www.linux.ncsu.edu/projects/openafs-rpms/
> had to hand apply one of them...
> 
> built the openafs source by hand via:
> 
> ../configure --with-afs-sysname=i386_linux26
> --with-linux-kernel-headers=/usr/src/linux --enable-transarc-paths
> --enable-kernel-module

You want 

   --with-linux-kernel-headers=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

Build with that instead and see if it doesn't work better.

Jack 

> make
> make install
> 
> /usr/vice/etc/modload is empty
> 
> so i tried copying:
> cp libafs/MODLOAD-2.6.8.1afs-SP/libafs-2.6.8.1afs.ko
> /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.6.8.1afs.o
> and
> cp libafs/MODLOAD-2.6.8.1afs-SP/libafs.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.8.1afs/kernel/fs/
> 
> but when i try to load the module i get module not found. even if i
> specify the path directly.
> 
> /usr/vice/etc/ looks like this:
> cacheinfo CellServDB.rpmsave modload ThisCell.rpmsave
> cacheinfo.rpmsave libafs-2.6.8.1afs.ko rc_afs
> CellServDB libafs-2.6.8.1afs.mp.ko ThisCell
> 
> 
> in src/libafs/ i have MODLOAD blah blah for SP, and MP. should there be
> a UP in there?
> 
> this is a uniprocessor i686 P3 coppermine.
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> <-----Original Message----->Previous posts on this list have said "it
> works other than PAGs" (which,
> for desktop use, is likely fine), but I don't know what version of the
> code this was talking about. I'd also be interested in knowing.
> >
> >On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 08:58:05PM -0700, Dark Avenger wrote:
> >> Just curious...do we know approximately when OpenAFS (stable) will be
> >> released for the 2.6 kernel? I'm considering moving to FC2 sometime
> soon, 
> >> but can't unless I have stable AFS capability.
> >
> >danno
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