On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Mike Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Erez Zilber wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Erez Zilber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> RHEL 5.2 is based on kernel version 2.6.18, but contains code >>> that wasn't included in 2.6.18 vanilla. The kernel Makefile uses >>> 2.6.14-19_compat.patch for it, and this creates compilation errors >>> of symbol redefinition. We should have a separate compat patch for >>> RHEL 5.2. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> >> Mike, >> >> Any news about this patch? >> > > Sorry for the delay. > > I was trying to make it more generic, because we have similar issues on > SUSE and we have similar issues on multiple RHEL5 kernels.
OK - what do you suggest? > > I also think you might have sent the wrong patch, or I was not sure what > you were trying to fix. > > The problem I hit with distro kernels like RHEL are the following: > > 1. Redefinition of is_power_of_2 > 2. Redefinition of shost_priv > 3. Redefintion of scsi_set_resid Note that 2.6.18-92.el5_compat.patch (maybe deserves a better name) is very similar to 2.6.14-19 except for some functions that I removed (e.g. is_power_of_2). The kernel Makefile patch uses this compat patch for RHEL 5.2, so the redefinition problem is solved. Erez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To post to this group, send email to open-iscsi@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
