[OpenAFS] libafs: falsely claims to have parameter sys_call_table_addr

Amar P. Patel amar@omalas.com
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:19:10 -0500


sxw@inf.ed.ac.uk wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Amar P. Patel wrote:
>
>> I get the error:
>> libafs: falsely claims to have parameter sys_call_table_addr
>> Failed to load AFS client, not starting AFS services.
>
>
> Yes - this is caused by the Linux OpenAFS kernel module using a 
> configuration interface which has been deprecated in the upstream kernel.
>
> There are patches to fix this in rc10 - but unfortunately, they're 
> conditionalised on a 2.6.16 kernel - FC5 ships with a 2.6.16 release 
> candidate, but gives it a 2.6.15 version number.
>
> You can either upgrade your kernel - FC5 now has a real 2.6.16 kernel 
> available from updates, or apply the patch that is bug #29112
>
> You'll also need the patch from bug #29122, or the alternative that 
> was posted to this list earlier, to solve a problem with glibc's new 
> setjmp behaviour.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
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I ran yum -y update kernel, and got the message:

Could not find update match for kernel.

Amar