On Fri, 25 May 2001, Kuba Ober wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently running openafs-1.0.4 release CLIENT under redhat 7.0 2.2.17
> kernel (self-compiled module) w/o problems.
> However, both self-compiled and stock kernel modules seem not to work with
> 2.4.2 kernel.
>
> Client daemons seem to hang at random moments, and umoun /afs sometimes
> works, sometimes doesn't, and sometimes mounting /afs causes funny things to
> be seen under the mountpoint (I always see the whole root tree `linked' in
> /afs and that's all, no afs functionality). This requires reboot to resolve
> :-(((( [cd /afs simply hangs forever]
>
> It seems to me (as afs client works all fine with 2.2.17 kernel) that afs
> module is somehow out-of-sync with 2.4 kernels.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I will look in kernel.org to see what has changed in the vfs between 2.2.19
> and 2.3.x/2.4.x and try to resolve it if it is a quick hack, otherwise I feel
> somebody who maintains Linux port will have to have a peek on this issue...
>
> (I hope I'm already subscribed to this list ;-)
A /LOT/ has changed between 2.2.17 and 2.4 and still a lot between the
'vanilla' 2.4 and the -ac series kernels (which Red Hat's kernel is
based off of). Take a look at the openafs rpms in
ftp://kickstart.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit/realmkit-7.1/i386/RealmKit/RPMS
I was running these on a RH71(-based) machine back before school let out
and things seemed fine (other than the usual transarc/open afs problems
with actually shutting down afs).
Jag
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