And of course an hour after I sent this message I got a working RHEL 6 kernel (2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64) on my RHEL 5 system, replaced OFED to get XRC support, rebuilt Lustre (1.8.6-wc1) and am now testing this configuration. It's not the prettiest setup in the world but it seems to be working so far.
Thanks Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:lustre-discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlson, Timothy S > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:19 PM > To: 'Kevin Van Maren' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lustre-discuss] Anybody have a client running on a 2.6.37 or > later kernel? > > I'm trying that path as well but getting the RHEL 6 kernel going on my > machine has proven a bit hard. I got 2.6.37.6 going on the first try but the > RHEL 6 kernel is having a problem finding my root partition. This is usually a > driver not getting loaded into the initrd. I build the kernel just fine, it > looks > like I have the correct modules to support booting from my IDE (exposed as > a SCSI) drive, but I get the dreaded "can't find /" and then an init panic. > It's a > pretty basic system, with no LVM or other complications. I'll figure it out > eventually, but I've had to use my IPMI console way too much in the past > day to boot back into working kernels. :) > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Van Maren [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:24 AM > > To: Carlson, Timothy S > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Lustre-discuss] Anybody have a client running on a 2.6.37 or > > later kernel? > > > > Why not use the RHEL6 kernel on RHEL5? That's probably much easier. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:50 PM, "Carlson, Timothy S" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > I've got a need to run a 2.6.37 or later kernel on client machines in > > > order > to > > properly support AMD Interlagos CPUs. My other option is to switch from > > RHEL 5.x to RHEL 6.x and use the whamcloud 1.8.6-wc1 patchless client (the > > latest RHEL 6 kernel also supports Interlagos). But I would first like to > > investigate using a 2.6.37 or later kernel on RHEL 5. > > > > > > I have a running kernel and started down the path of building Lustre > > against 2.6.37.6 and ran into the changes that have been made wrt to > ioctl(), > > proc structures, etc. I am *not* a kernel programmer would rather not > mess > > around too much in the source. > > > > > > So I am asking if anyone has successfully patched up Lustre to get a > > > client > > working with 2.6.37.6 or later. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lustre-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, its contents and any > > attachments to it are confidential to the intended recipient, and may > > contain information that is privileged and/or exempt from disclosure > under > > applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately > > notify the sender and destroy the original e-mail message and any > > attachments (and any copies that may have been made) from your system > > or otherwise. Any unauthorized use, copying, disclosure or distribution of > > this information is strictly prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
