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From: Kossey, Robert <bob.kossey@hp.com>
To: lustre-devel@lists.lustre.org
Subject: [Lustre-devel] Lustre version patchless kernel?
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4886A3E7.6050904@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4886A29C.2000009@hp.com>

We also see this on recent releases like 1.6.5.1.  Why do you bother to 
distribute kernel-lustre-smp RPMs if the kernels are not patched?

Thanks,
Bob

>> / 
> />/ For the lustre version, the kernel portion indicates patchless...
> />/ Should it be something else?
> />/ />/ [root at operon22 
> <http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-devel> 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
> -- 
> Andreas Dilger
> Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
> Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
>
>

       reply	other threads:[~2008-07-23  3:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4886A29C.2000009@hp.com>
2008-07-23  3:22 ` Kossey, Robert [this message]
2008-07-28 13:03   ` [Lustre-devel] Lustre version patchless kernel? Brian J. Murrell
2008-07-28 16:07     ` Andreas Dilger
     [not found] <488DD7C1.7010807@hp.com>
2008-07-28 14:38 ` Kossey, Robert
2008-07-30  9:35   ` Andreas Dilger
2008-07-30 15:52     ` Kossey, Robert
2008-07-30 21:19       ` Andreas Dilger
2008-07-21 15:01 [Lustre-devel] Cross posting of ADM information on opensolaris.org Rick Matthews
2008-07-21 20:29 ` Rick Matthews
2008-07-23  1:02   ` [Lustre-devel] Lustre version patchless kernel? Josephine Palencia
2008-07-23  1:20     ` Andreas Dilger

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