Hello and thanks for your response, so you mean I have to download a patch for the PVFS 2.8.1 from the cvs repository, or to upgrade to a newer PVFS version?
Many thanks, Dimos > Elaine, All - > > We used debian exclusively at ameslab, and never really had any problems that > werent also reproducible on other distros. > > I feel like I've seen this XATTR_REPLACE error before, will have to check the > archives, I thought it was patched already.. > http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-users/2009-April/002761.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01735.html > > ~Kyle > > Kyle Schochenmaier > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Elaine Quarles <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe someone on the list has experience running on Debian and can add to > this discussion. > > > > I don't believe that OrangeFS has been formally tested on Debian. It has been > tested at various times on Ubuntu, so it should be possible to make it work. > There are sometimes header differences between distributions of the kernel or > other issues that show up. > > > What exactly do you mean when you say, "... the kernel itself at a previous > step was not successfully built (some compile errors)"? What component were > you building and what were the errors? > > > > Can you please confirm that the version of kernel headers you built against > for Debian with the 2.6.7 kernel match the kernel version running on the > server? If you can send the output of `uname -r` and config.log from your > build we can look at that. > > > > If you could also send the config.log file produced when you tried building > against the 2.6.28.1 kernel that should provide clues to help track down the > "kzalloc" error message. > > > > Thanks for your patience, > > Elaine > > > > > > From: Dimokritos Stamatakis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:20 PM > To: Elaine Quarles > Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-developers] pvfs kernel at pvfs version 2.8.1 > > > > Also keep in mind that I was able to compile the 2.6.7 kernel using make kmod > at pvfs (no compile errors like those we have with 2.6.28.1) , but the kernel > itself at a previous step was not successfully built (some compile errors) . > Se there was a pvfs2.ko produced , but when I was trying to load it it said > unsupported format. What kernel, gcc did you use to build pvfs 2.8.1 with > kernel module? > > > > Thanks, > > Dimos > > On 25 Ιουν 2013, at 10:54 π.μ., Elaine Quarles <[email protected]> wrote: > > So were there also problems when trying to compile with Debian 5 and 2.6.7 > kernel? > > > > The error messages you sent are probably issues that have been fixed in point > releases of OrangeFS. I can check on that. > > > > Thanks, > > Elaine > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Dimokritos Stamatakis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I wanted to keep you updated about the kernel module at the PVFS 2.8.1. I > tried to do it with the kernel 2.6.28.1 and gcc 4.3.2, I bult the kernel > normally , configured the pvfs with this kernel, but when I try to do make > kmod to pvfs I get: > > > > > > data-server-client-i-8e3b05e0:~/pvfs2.8.1-original# make kmod > > CC [M] /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.o > > In file included from > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.c:7: > > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-kernel.h:1271: error: > conflicting types for ‘kzalloc’ > > include/linux/slab.h:304: error: previous definition of ‘kzalloc’ was here > > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.c: In function > ‘pvfs2_inode_removexattr’: > > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.c:1019: error: > ‘XATTR_REPLACE’ undeclared (first use in this function) > > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.c:1019: error: > (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > > /root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.c:1019: error: for > each function it appears in.) > > make[3]: *** [/root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-utils.o] > Error 1 > > make[2]: *** [_module_/root/pvfs2.8.1-original/src/kernel/linux-2.6] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [default] Error 2 > > make: *** [just_kmod] Error 2 > > > > > > > > Do you think I should upgrade to a newer gcc? Kernel? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Dimos > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pvfs2-developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-developers > >
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