[OpenAFS] openafs Fedora Linux 29

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 10:35:28AM -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:05 AM Thomas Lang <thomas.lang@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I tried to build new RPMs for Fedora 29 kernels
> >
> > kernel-4.19.15-300.fc29.x86_64
> >
> > and
> >
> > kernel-4.20.4-200.fc29.x86_64
> >
> > from the source package openafs-1.8.2-1.src.rpm
> >
> > Both doesn't work.
> >
> > The dkms module from the old package openafs-1.8.1.1-1.src.rpm doesn't
> > build a module for the new 4.20.4-200 kernels too. Do you need the error
> > messages or do you know the problem?
> >
> 
> I had to pull 5 patches from gerrit to get the openafs kmod to build on
> Fedora.
> 
> https://gerrit.openafs.org/13391
> https://gerrit.openafs.org/13437
> https://gerrit.openafs.org/13433
> https://gerrit.openafs.org/13434
> https://gerrit.openafs.org/13392
> 
> There are probably more cleanup patches I didn't grab because I got openafs
> working with the above.

There should be a 1.8.3 prerelease out soon that will build against these
newer kernels, FWIW.

-Ben