From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kossey, Robert Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:15 -0400 Subject: [Lustre-devel] Lustre version patchless kernel? In-Reply-To: <4886A29C.2000009@hp.com> References: <4886A29C.2000009@hp.com> Message-ID: <4886A3E7.6050904@hp.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lustre-devel@lists.lustre.org 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 > 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. > >