Lustre discuss - Jun 2007 - Changing default kernel name for prebuild rpms

Hello!

Licenses for proprietary cluster software I''m using are very sensitive 
to hardware/software changes. They depend on kernel name by means of 
uname() call. Getting new licenses with every lustre update is not an 
option.

I''m going to set some kernel name (lustre version part), get licenses 
for it and use it to compile updated lustre kernel.

The question is: are there any dependencies on kernel name or lustre 
version name in the lustre part of kernel or lustre utilities?


Thanks!


Evgeny

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 01:56:42PM +0600, Evgeny Altunin
wrote:
>Licenses for proprietary cluster software I''m using are very
sensitive
>to hardware/software changes. They depend on kernel name by means of 
>uname() call. Getting new licenses with every lustre update is not an 
>option.
why not just LD_PRELOAD a simple library before your proprietary
software to override its uname() call? then you can use any kernel
you want.

cheers,
robin
>
>I''m going to set some kernel name (lustre version part), get
licenses
>for it and use it to compile updated lustre kernel.
>
>The question is: are there any dependencies on kernel name or lustre 
>version name in the lustre part of kernel or lustre utilities?
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Evgeny
>
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