The SLES11 kernel is at 2.6.27 so it could be usable for this. Also, I thought that there were Debian packages for Lustre, why not use those?
Cheers, Andreas On 2010-05-20, at 9:48, Ramiro Alba Queipo <r...@cttc.upc.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 14:43 +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote: > >> That is what I would recommend and what several groups do (usually >> with >> Debian, though). >> >>> not running the sles/rhel distro ? I know a lot of things can >>> happen but >>> are these rhel/sles patches do brake some key features of the >>> kernel which >>> would only work under that specific distro ? I've positivley >>> tested a >>> lustre client with a sles patched kernel on a gentoo distro. But >>> i'am a >>> bit nervous about testing it on our live lustre server system. >> >> The only thing that really might cause trouble is udev, since sysfs >> maintainers like to break old udev versions. I think upcoming >> Debian Squeeze >> requires 2.6.27 at a minimum. > > Argg!!!, I think I am stacked with this situation. I compiled > linux-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5.tar.bz2 under Ubuntu 10.04 (from Debian > Squeeze) using make-kpkg and after dealing with postinst.d hooks to > create initrd image (not created by default!!!), I tried to boot and > then I got the following before dropping into a initramfs shell: > > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Begin: Mounting root file system... ... > Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... > Done. > libudev: udev_monitor_new_from_netlink: error getting socket: Invalid > argument wait-for-root[431] : segfault > Gave up waiting form root device. Common problems: > - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) > - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) > - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?) > -Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) > ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/0cff75ed-ba7f-4799-b596-cf2b214b9768 does not > exist. Dropping to a shell! > > > BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) buit-in shell (ask) > Enter 'Help' for a list of built-in commands. > > (initramfs) > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is this the problem you are talking about? Could you give me some > ideas > of how can be solved? > > Regards > > > -- > Ramiro Alba > > Centre Tecnològic de Tranferència de Calor > http://www.cttc.upc.edu > > > Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries > Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa > Colom 11, E-08222, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain > Tel: (+34) 93 739 86 46 > > > -- > Aquest missatge ha estat analitzat per MailScanner > a la cerca de virus i d'altres continguts perillosos, > i es considera que està net. > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss