Re: [PATCHSET 0/8 version 4] exofs for kernel 2.6.30

[Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>]

On 04/02/2009 03:39 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> On 04/01/2009 12:23 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>> Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>>> If anyone wants to actually run this code and test it
>>>> then please start reading at:
>>>>     http://open-osd.org
>>>> You will need to checkout the out-of-tree git (below) for the user-mode utilities.
>>>> Also the exofs.txt file in patch 7/8 should help
>>> hum...  trying to play with this.  If you want exofs to go upstream, I 
>>> think you should have a release tarball containing the user-mode utils 
>>> posted somewhere.  Would make life a lot easier, both on early adopters 
>>> and also on distribution packagers.
>>>
>>> 	Jeff
>> You are absolutely right, once 2.6.30 will be out there will not be a need
>> to compile Kernel modules.
>>
>> About the binary package. I must admit I'm a total novice. What do I need to do?
> 
> All you need on your end is a sane setup for installation, including 
> building of shared libraries and installing necessary headers for 
> userland programs.
> 
> Each individual distribution can easily package your exofs-utils into a 
> deb or RPM.
> 
> Some of my projects have to do this.  Here is one way, the highly 
> standardized GNU autotools.
> 
> Take a look at autogen.sh, configure.ac, Makefile.am, 
> include/Makefile.am and lib/Makefile.am from 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/daemon/distsrv/chunkd.git
> 
> That demonstrates how to handle building and installing a shared 
> library, header files and programs.
> 
> A lot of people dislike GNU autotools, but it's main benefit here is 
> that Debian/Red Hat/Novell/Canonical/etc. are well-versed in creating 
> .deb or .rpm from GNU autotools builds.  It makes integration into a 
> Linux distribution much easier.
> 

This is precious information for me, I'll have a look and copy above procedure
for open-osd, thanks, Next beer is on me.

> 
>> BTW:
>>   Source tar balls are available from the gitweb GUI by pressing on the
>>   "snapshot" link next to any commit. I should link to it from the WiKi
> 
> Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
> 
> 	Jeff
> 

Thank you
Boaz