Lustre discuss - May 2006 - Problems with Lustre on Suse Linux Professional 8.2

Markus Kimmig wrote:
> 
> i am trying to install Lustre on a Cluster with Suse Linux 8.2 
> Professional, kernel 2.4.20.
> I downloaded the sourcecode and tried to build the kernel , but i only 
> got some error messages
> and the build didnt finish. Ive been told that this might be because the 
> sourcecode is meant to be
> build for Redhat Linux systems, Suse always distributes a modified 
> kernel and thats why it doesnt work.
That is correct.  We maintain kernel patches for vanilla and Red Hat
kernels for ia32, a vanilla kernel for ia-64, and a SuSE kernel for x86-64.

I wish we could provide patches for every combination of every kernel,
but it''s just way too much work.  We can only afford to support the
kernels that our customers run.

You should be able to run a vanilla or Red Hat kernel on your SuSE
system without any trouble.
> After not being able to build it from Source i thought i could patch the 
> kernel, but i dont know
> which patch i should use, since Suse kernels are always a bit different 
> from the standard ones.
> Where do i find a version of quilt for Suse? I have only seen Redhat 
> packages on your FTP page
> and i cant find it on theWWW.
If you can''t use one of the RPMs on the ftp site, then the best I can
offer is ftp://ftp.lustre.org/pub/quilt/rh9/quilt-0.29_CFS7.tar.gz

In any case, you will not be able to patch an ia32 SuSE kernel with any
of the standard patches that we provided in our source tree; they simply
won''t apply.  I hope that you can make do with the vanilla or Red Hat
kernels.

Hope that helps--

-Phil

Hi,

i am trying to install Lustre on a Cluster with Suse Linux 8.2 
Professional, kernel 2.4.20.
I downloaded the sourcecode and tried to build the kernel , but i only 
got some error messages
and the build didnt finish. Ive been told that this might be because the 
sourcecode is meant to be
build for Redhat Linux systems, Suse always distributes a modified 
kernel and thats why it doesnt work.
Am i doing something wrong or do i have to donwload a specific Lustre 
version
(i downloaded the version from the How To page) ?

After not being able to build it from Source i thought i could patch the 
kernel, but i dont know
which patch i should use, since Suse kernels are always a bit different 
from the standard ones.
Where do i find a version of quilt for Suse? I have only seen Redhat 
packages on your FTP page
and i cant find it on theWWW.

Markus