Thanks Eric,
I'll add the sources under
/leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/leaf/src/bering-uclibc/contrib/
as you suggest. At the moment I have a single document which covers all
of the packages. I'll look at how best to divide that up across the four
- or at least split apart the NFS and LVM2 aspects.
In terms of dependencies:
NFS needs:
- In the uClibc .config file:
UCLIB_HAS_FULL_RPC=Y
- In the Kernel .config file:
CONFIG_NFSD=m (for the kernel NFS server code)
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y (otherwise only get NFS V2)
CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y (optional - only for NFS over TCP)
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y (automatically set)
LVM2 itself doesn't need much, but it does need the kernel Device
Mapper, which comes as a kernel source patch. There's a 2.4 kernel
patchset available here: http://sources.redhat.com/dm/patches.html which
I used successfully. Once the patch is applied, a couple of new kernel
modules can be built: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_MIRROR=m
LVM1, on the other hand, would have only required a new kernel module
since I believe it does more of the work in user space. I chose to go
with LVM2 for compatibility with the syntax and capabilities I know from
e.g. Fedora, and for the extra flexibility that the Device Mapper
provides.
David
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 09:18 +0100, Eric Spakman wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Very nice!
>
> NFS support indeed needs an uClibc change (which adds a lot of size), but
> LVM2 only needs a kernel module AFAIK so would be an easy one.
> Anyway, people who need NFS server support can create there own packages
> if they like with the provided documentation.
>
> The setup can be added to
> leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/leaf/src/bering-uclibc/contrib/ which you can do
> with your sourceforge account. Or you can send me the sources and I can
> add it. It would be a pity if the setup would get lost.
>
>
> Eric
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I've been experimenting with using Bering-uClibc as a fileserver for a
> > few months now, mainly using the iSCSI protocol. Reviewing things again as
> > a result of my experience I'm probably going to switch to using OpenFiler
> > instead, since it's a better fit to my specific requirements.
> >
> > While setting up my Bering-uClibc fileserver I developed a few add-on
> > packages which might be of interest to others. They're not candidates for
> > the "contrib" area since they require tweaks to the kernel and to uClibc,
> > but it seems a shame to simply throw them away... They're fully configured
> > for BuildTool & BuildPacket.
> >
> > I'm thinking that I could put them in my own "devel" directory on
> > SourceForge - under http://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/leaf/devel/
> > How do I get such a directory - by becoming a member of the LEAF
> > project? I already have a SourceForge account (davidmbrooke) so if somebody
> > could add me to the project that would be great.
> >
> >
> > My packages are
> >
> >
> > nfsutils From http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ User-space tools for an NFS
> > file server These work in conjunction with the nfsd kernel module
> > This in turn needs "full" RPC support from uClibc
> >
> >
> > portmap From http://neil.brown.name/portmap/ Provides a ONCRPC port
> > mapper, for NFS etc.
> >
> > lvm2 From http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/ User-space tools for LVM2
> > logical volume management Relies on Device Mapper support (user space and
> > kernel)
> >
> > dev-map From http://sourceware.org/dm/ User-space Device Mapper tools
> > for LVM2 etc. These work in conjunction with a kernel device-mapper
> >
> >
> >
> > There's also some DocBook documentation on what needs to be modified in
> > the kernel and uClibc in order to build the packages.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > davidMbrooke
> >
> >
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