[Pvfs2-users] pvfs2 on 2.6.18

[Sam Lang]

That's great to hear Suneet.  I'm forwarding your response to the  
list in case other users run into the same problem in the future.

-sam

On Feb 9, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Suneet Chandok wrote:

> ya, I did that.
>
> Actually i ran 'make oldconfig' and then 'make prepare' in kernel  
> src. It created utsrelease.h
>
> I was able to do 'make' in pvfs2 directory. But, when I was doing  
> 'make kmod' it again gave error related Module.symvers
>
> For, that I did in kernel src:
> make silentoldconfig
> make prepare
> make scripts
>
> Finally I was able to do make kmod in pvfs2 directory. Then,  
> everything went well and I have my pvfs2 running.
>
> Thanks for your kind help.
>
> Happy Weekend!!
> -Suneet
> On 2/9/07, Sam Lang <slang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Suneet Chandok wrote:
>
> > contents of: /usr/src/linux- 2.6.18.2-34/include/linux/version.h
> >
> > #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132626
> > #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))
> >
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34/include/linux/utsrelease.h file doesn't
> > exists.
>
> Suneet,
>
> in the /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34/ directory, run:
>
> make prepare
>
> Does the utsrelease.h header show up then?
>
> -sam
> >
> > -Suneet
> >
> > On 2/9/07, Sam Lang < slang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > On Feb 9, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Suneet Chandok wrote:
> >
> > > kernel sources are installed in /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34/.  
> Here's
> > > an output of 'uname -a'. I am running the same kernel.
> > >
> > > salmon:~/pvfs- 2.6.2 # uname -a
> > > Linux salmon 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC
> > > 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> > >
> >
> > Hmm..I think your previous comment about the source not having
> > utsrelease.h may have misled us a bit.  The kernel sources don't
> > contain version.h or utsrelease.h, they get generated when the  
> kernel
> > sources are compiled.  Normally, we check that the version.h file
> > exists (to ensure that you've configured/compiled your sources), but
> > somehow your sources have that file, but fail to get the version  
> from
> > utsrelease.h (which is where its placed as of 2.6.18).  Can you
> > verify that the following files exist:
> >
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34/include/linux/version.h
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34 /include/linux/utsrelease.h
> >
> > And if so, send the contents of them?
> >
> > > I saw a similar problem in mailing list posted in august.
> > > http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-developers/ 
> 2006-
> > > August/002363.html
> >
> > As Rob mentions, he took care of the problem, and releases since
> > pvfs-2.6.0 (2.6.1 and 2.6.2) have contained fixes for it.  If the
> > check for utsrelease.h really doesn't work for you, there could be
> > something wrong with the fix, but we haven't had any problems  
> with it
> > thus far.
> >
> > -sam
> >
> > >
> > > -Suneet
> > >
> > > On 2/9/07, Sam Lang < slang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > > You need to point --with-kernel at a configured kernel source
> > > directory that matches the kernel version you're running.  Did the
> > > kernel sources you installed put anything in /usr/src/?
> > >
> > > -sam
> > >
> > > On Feb 9, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Suneet Chandok wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > No, I didn't comiled the kernel code.
> > > > I have installed openSUSE 10.2 and kernel sources.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > -Suneet
> > > >
> > > > On 2/9/07, Murali Vilayannur < murali.vilayannur at gmail.com >
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi Suneet,
> > > > Did you configure and build the fresh 2.6.18 kernel tree?
> > > > If yes, it looks like our configure script checking is broken
> > on the
> > > > newer kernel trees..
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Murali
> > > >
> > > > On 2/9/07, Sam Lang < slang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Suneet,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you send the full build output with the error you're
> > getting?
> > > > >
> > > > > -sam
> > > > >
> > > > > On Feb 9, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Suneet Chandok wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I got an error configuring pvfs-2.6.2 on kernel-2.6.18.  
> It is
> > > > > > looking for utsrelease.h file in $KERNEL_CODE/include/linux
> > > > > > directory. I checked the fresh code from kernel.org and this
> > > file
> > > > > > doesn't exists in this version.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a way around to configure and compile it on 2.6.18
> > > > kernel?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Suneet Chandok
> > > > > > Research Assistant
> > > > > > Parallel Software Technologies Laboratory
> > > > > > Department of Computer Science
> > > > > > University of Houston
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cell: 704-248-0718
> > > > > > Email: schandok at cs.uh.edu
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> > > > --
> > > > Suneet Chandok
> > > > Research Assistant
> > > > Parallel Software Technologies Laboratory
> > > > Department of Computer Science
> > > > University of Houston
> > > >
> > > > Cell: 704-248-0718
> > > > Email: schandok at cs.uh.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suneet Chandok
> > > Research Assistant
> > > Parallel Software Technologies Laboratory
> > > Department of Computer Science
> > > University of Houston
> > >
> > > Cell: 704-248-0718
> > > Email: schandok at cs.uh.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Suneet Chandok
> > Research Assistant
> > Parallel Software Technologies Laboratory
> > Department of Computer Science
> > University of Houston
> >
> > Cell: 704-248-0718
> > Email: schandok at cs.uh.edu
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Suneet Chandok
> Research Assistant
> Parallel Software Technologies Laboratory
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Houston
>
> Cell: 704-248-0718
> Email: schandok at cs.uh.edu