[OpenAFS] linux kernel-2.6.23 problem?

Russ Allbery rra@stanford.edu
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:46:32 -0700


Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> I've tried to build OpenAFS-1.5.19 (the lastest version on my GenToo
> box) with the 2.6.23 kernel.
> It fails with
> .../openafs-1.5.19/src/libafs/MODLOAD-2.6.23-gentoo-MP/rx_kmutex.c:125: 
>    error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'thread_info'

> Is this a known problem or is there a version cooperating nice with the
> new Linux kernel?

Yes, try the just-released 1.4.5 release candidate.  (1.5.x is not
recommended for Linux in general unless you're an OpenAFS developer.)

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>