Re: [CentOS] XFS might be available for i686 from the CentOS Plus repository.
Ross Walker schrieb: On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Rainer Traut tr...@gmx.de wrote: Question is, is it still safe to use this module with 5.4? Or should I switch back to a CentosPlus kmod and an older kernel? The module does KABI tracking through weak-modules, so if it wasn't compatible, it wouldn't add a link to it on the new kernel and someone would need to recompile it for the newer kernel. KABI tracking adds dependencies to kernel API by creating hashes of the API prototypes and weak-modules compares those to the hashes of the installed/installing kernel's API prototypes, if they match it creates a link to the installed module under /lib/modules/kver/weak- updates. These KABI tracking modules. compiled on different kernel versions, stick around after the kernel has been uninstalled, so don't remove old /lib/modules directories without first making sure a KABI module isn't there. Thx Ross, this is the info I was looking for. Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] XFS might be available for i686 from the CentOS Plus repository.
Hi, the topic is an excerpt of the 5.4 release notes and raises a question. I have a i386 server here, that has been running for nearly two years with xfs module from extras repo. When lookin at the module it was build against 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5. Question is, is it still safe to use this module with 5.4? Or should I switch back to a CentosPlus kmod and an older kernel? Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] XFS might be available for i686 from the CentOS Plus repository.
On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Rainer Traut tr...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, the topic is an excerpt of the 5.4 release notes and raises a question. I have a i386 server here, that has been running for nearly two years with xfs module from extras repo. When lookin at the module it was build against 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5. Question is, is it still safe to use this module with 5.4? Or should I switch back to a CentosPlus kmod and an older kernel? The module does KABI tracking through weak-modules, so if it wasn't compatible, it wouldn't add a link to it on the new kernel and someone would need to recompile it for the newer kernel. KABI tracking adds dependencies to kernel API by creating hashes of the API prototypes and weak-modules compares those to the hashes of the installed/installing kernel's API prototypes, if they match it creates a link to the installed module under /lib/modules/kver/weak- updates. These KABI tracking modules. compiled on different kernel versions, stick around after the kernel has been uninstalled, so don't remove old /lib/modules directories without first making sure a KABI module isn't there. -Ross ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
