On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:00:28 -0500 "Ms. Megan Larko" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you, Patrick, > > I appreciate the clarification. I wasn't sure what "patchess" really > meant in this context. To further clarify. All client builds (I know of) are patchless. Server builds can be patchless if using zfs but requires patched kernel for ldiskfs. /Peter K > Cheers, > megan > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Patrick Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, patchless refers to not needing a patched version of the kernel > > itself. You'll still need the Lustre client bits you noted > > installed (and they will need to be built for your particular > > kernel version). Also, the ability to use patchless clients doesn't > > depend on ZFS vs ldiskfs on your servers, it will work either way. > > > > - Patrick > > ________________________________________ > > From: lustre-discuss [[email protected]] on > > behalf of Ms. Megan Larko [[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 10:31 PM > > To: Lustre User Discussion Mailing List > > Subject: [lustre-discuss] patchless Lustre client on ZFS > > > > Greetings, > > > > I have been reading that if the Lustre 2.6 server is built on ZFS > > then a patchless client may be used. So am I understanding > > correctly that a Lustre 2.6 server on ZFS may have a client > > successfully mount without the lustre-client and > > lustre-client-module packages installed? > > > > TIA for the clarification. > > Cheers, > > megan > > _______________________________________________ lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/listinfo.cgi/lustre-discuss-lustre.org
