[Pvfs2-users] PVFS2 v.1.5.1 'Job time out' on some pvfs2-cp and pvfs2-rm

[Rob Ross]

Sam Lang wrote:
> 
> On Feb 20, 2007, at 2:09 AM, Murali Vilayannur wrote:
> 
>> Hi Sam,
>>>
>>> I think in general a lot more effort is made to get the kernel module
>>> working properly than the client tools (pvfs2-*).
>>
>> Is this really true? All the pvfs2-* tools use the same set of SMs as
>> client-core, no?
>> (unless of course there is a bug in the pvfs2-*.c file?).
> 
> Hi Murali, its the tools themselves I was referring to in my comment.
> 
>>
>>>  That being said,
>>> we don't discourage the use of the client tools, they just don't get
>>> as much pounding, and they aren't written to match the functionality
>>> that the VFS provides.
>>
>> Hmm.. if this is indeed the case, then we could get the posix like
>> library API that Brad developed into shape and use LD_PRELOAD to run
>> the nightlies?
> 
> Good idea!

ech.