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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:20:28 -0600
Subject: [Lustre-devel] Lustre version patchless kernel?
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On Jul 22, 2008  21:02 -0400, Josephine Palencia wrote:
> 
> For the lustre version, the kernel portion indicates patchless...
> Should it be something else?
> 
> [root at operon22 lustre]# more /proc/fs/lustre/version
> > lustre: 1.9.50
> > kernel: patchless
> > build:  1.9.50-19691231190000-PRISTINE-.extra.linux-2.6.18-92.1.6-2.6.18-92.1.6-lustre-1.9.50

This is correct.  For patched kernels there will be a version number here,
indicating the VFS patch API version number.  This hasn't changed in a
long time because we are no longer changing the kernel VFS patches, and
only a few older kernels still need them.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.