[Pvfs2-users] problem when compiling kernel 2.6 support

[Sam Sampson]

Ok, Debian splits needed files between the first two directories below. This
is similar to SUSE, but the trick that worked there didn't work on Debian. 

 

What I had to do was download a copy of the 2.6.32 kernel source and prepare
it for module building:

 

apt-get install linux-source-2.6.32

cd /usr/src

bunzip2 linux-source-2.6.32.tar.bz2

tar -xf linux-source-2.6.32.tar

cd linux-source-2.6.32

cp /boot/config-2.6.32-5-amd64 .config

make modules_prepare   # if you are prompted here, just enter the defaults

ln -s ../linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64/Module.symvers

 

You can now use configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32. The
module will install (make kmod_install) under /lib/modules/2.6.32, you can
move the "kernel/fs/pvfs2" dir to "/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/fs" to
put it with the other modules.

 

Hope that helps,

Sam S.

 

From: sunmat.studio at gmail.com [mailto:sunmat.studio at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Matthieu Dorier
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:23 PM
To: Sam Sampson
Cc: pvfs2-users
Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-users] problem when compiling kernel 2.6 support

 

I'm using Debian squeeze. In /usr/src I have the following:

 

linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64/

linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/

linux-kbuild-2.6.32/

 

When using the 2nd or the 3rd one, I get the following error on orangefs
configure phase :

configure: error: The kernel source tree must have been configured.

 

When using the first one, the configure phase works, but make kmod doesn't.

 

Thanks,

Matthieu

 

2012/2/21 Sam Sampson <sampson at omnibond.com>

Well, this issue is related to kernel source locations. There's often a way
to work around the issue.

 

What distribution are you using? What path are you providing to
--with-kernel for configure?

 

Thanks,

Sam Sampson

Omnibond LLC

 

From: pvfs2-users-bounces at beowulf-underground.org
[mailto:pvfs2-users-bounces at beowulf-underground.org] On Behalf Of Matthieu
Dorier
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:01 PM
To: pvfs2-users
Subject: [Pvfs2-users] problem when compiling kernel 2.6 support

 

Hello,

 

I have the same exact same problem than reported by another user last July
(http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-users/2011-July/003421.h
tml).

The user did not mention which version of orangefs was used at that time,
the answer was to use version 2.8.4 or the earliest CVS version, so I guess
he upgraded from an older version.

 

In my case I'm using orangefs 2.8.5, and kernel version 2.6.32-5, should I
downgrade to orangefs 2.8.4 for the kernel module to work?

 

Thanks,


 

-- 
Matthieu Dorier
ENS Cachan, Brittany (Computer Science dpt.)
IRISA Rennes, Office C113
http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/~mdori307
<http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/%7Emdori307> 


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