Re: [VM/MEMORY-SICKNESS] 2.4.15-pre7 kmem_cache_create invalid opcode

Jeff Merkey
2001-11-21T21:19:28Z

Which kernel version? Neither NWFS or SCI will build against "stock"
installed kernel sources provided with Seawolf.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ledford" <dledford@redhat.com>
To: "Jeff Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
Cc: "Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@fenrus.demon.nl>;
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [VM/MEMORY-SICKNESS] 2.4.15-pre7 kmem_cache_create invalid
opcode

> Jeff Merkey wrote:
>
> >>Have you even looked at the kernel-source RPM ?
> >>
> >
> > Yes. I based a Linux distribution on RedHat's 6.2 last year, and I am
> > **VERY** familiar with your anaconda installer and kernel.src.rpm build
> > modules. I know the 7.X stuff got a hell of a lot better, but customers
> > still have to sterilize the build area are your rpm gets installed in
order
> > to build external kernel modules.
>
>
> <sigh> Again, this isn't true. I build modules against our
> kernel-source RPM tree all the time, and I *never* do a make distclean.
> If I did, it would screw the tree permanently. If you are basing your
> arguments about what you saw with 6.2, then you are sorely out of date
> (hell, that was still a 2.2 kernel system). Things have improved a lot
> since then. The one overridding rule of working with a tree like we
> ship though, is *NEVER* do anything in the tree itself. That tree is
> assembled to provide *ALL* the kernel versions and includes for all the
> kernels we ship. However, even doing a make dep in the tree will blow
> important parts away. Download my module build kit and see what I'm
> talking about because you currently obviously *don't* know what I'm
> talking about.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
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