[Pvfs2-developers] pvfs2.o kernel module

[Dharani Sankar Vijayakumar]

Sam,

Is this bug specific to redhat kernels (or) this is specific to linux 2.4 
versions. The reason is I am seeing if i can use pvfs 2.6.2 in linux 2.6 
redhat kernel (instead of downloading 2.6.3 again).

Regards,
Dharani



On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Sam Lang wrote:

>
> Hi Dharani,
>
> I'm sorry to do this to you, but can you try 2.6.3?  It was just released a 
> moment ago, but it includes a specific fix for this bug, so that's probably 
> easier than asking you to try a patch with the fix in it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -sam
>
> On Apr 8, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Dharani Sankar Vijayakumar wrote:
>
>> 
>> I tried loading the pvfs2.o file using insmod (but couldnt). Got the below 
>> message,
>> src/kernel/linux-2.4/pvfs2.o: unresolved symbol kzalloc
>> 
>> Is there any problem with the created pvfs2.o file?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Dharani
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Dharani Sankar Vijayakumar wrote:
>> 
>>> thanks murali! Same emperor !!
>>> will try tat out.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Dharani
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Murali Vilayannur wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Dharani,
>>>> Penn State CSE! yay! Are you running this on the emperor cluster (Dr.
>>>> Anand's cluster)?
>>>> If yes, then it is a redhat9 distro and Sam is correct. You have to
>>>> run configure with --enable-redhat24.
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Murali
>>>> On 4/5/07, Dharani Sankar Vijayakumar <vijayaku at cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Sam,
>>>>> I am using a stock kernel. I am using the pvfs-2.6.2.
>>>>> (Yeah, i added the --disable-redhat24   --->since mine is not redhat & 
>>>>> it
>>>>> is a stock kernel).
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Dharani
>>>>> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Sam Lang wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Dharani,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you using a stock kernel from a particular distro?  Redhat 9 by 
>>>>>> chance?
>>>>>> You might need to add --enable-redhat24 to your configure if so.  Which
>>>>>> version of pvfs2 are you trying to build?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -sam
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 5, 2007, at 11:41 PM, Dharani Sankar Vijayakumar wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> I am having problem building a pvfs2 kernel module for linux 2.4.20-8.
>>>>>>> I got the following when i did make kmod24. Is this a problem because 
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> linux kernel version(2.4.20) or something else?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> CC [M]
>>>>>>> /home/csl/vijayaku/downloads/pvfs2/src/kernel/linux-2.4/pvfs2-utils.o
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c: In function `mask_blocked_signals':
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2012: structure has no member named `sig'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2019: structure has no member named `sigmask_lock'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2022: too many arguments to function `recalc_sigpending'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2023: structure has no member named `sigmask_lock'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c: In function `unmask_blocked_signals':
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2031: structure has no member named `sigmask_lock'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2033: too many arguments to function `recalc_sigpending'
>>>>>>> pvfs2-utils.c:2034: structure has no member named `sigmask_lock'
>>>>>>> make[1]: *** [pvfs2-utils.o] Error 1
>>>>>>> make: *** [just_kmod24] Error 2
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Dharani
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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