[Lustre-discuss] SLES kernel update

[Jody McIntyre]

Hi Guido,

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:17:11AM +0100, Guido Juckeland wrote:

> one more question regarding the upcoming Lustre 1.6.4:
> What kernel version (for the SLES10 branch) will be the starting  
> point for the Lustre patch?

1.6.4 will use 2.6.16.53-0.8.  We have an update ready to -0.16 that
will appear in 1.6.5.  No changes to the patches were necessary, so if
you're comfortable rebuilding everything yourself, just update
lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in to reflect the new
version.

Cheers,
Jody

> 
> Thanks,
> Guido
> 
> Am 24.10.2007 um 18:51 schrieb Jody McIntyre:
> 
> >Hi Guido,
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:31:56AM +0200, Guido Juckeland wrote:
> >
> >>is there any ETA on 1.6.4? We have our next system maintenance
> >>scheduled for the second week of December and would want to roll out
> >>SLES10 SP1 and Lustre 1.6.4 to the system. Therefore we would need
> >>1.6.4 about 3-4 weeks earlier (about Nov. 19) to deploy to our
> >>sandbox for sanity and performance testing. Is that realizable?
> >
> >We don't publish official release dates, but 1.6.4 RC1 is in testing
> >right now and could be released as soon as Friday so I expect your  
> >date
> >is realistic.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Jody
> >
> >>
> >>Thanks a bunch!
> >>Guido
> >>
> >>Am 23.10.2007 um 19:30 schrieb Jody McIntyre:
> >>
> >>>Hi Kit,
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:21:26PM -0400, Kit Westneat wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I was wondering if the new SLES10 kernel will be part of the 1.6.4
> >>>>release. It appears to be tracked by:
> >>>>https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13874
> >>>
> >>>Yes.  See also bug 13521, which has been fixed for 1.6.4.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>Jody
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>As this contains a major security fix (privilege escalation), it  
> >>>>is a
> >>>>mandatory upgrade in many places and it would be nice to not  
> >>>>have to
> >>>>roll our own kernel.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Kit
> >>>>
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> >>Guido Juckeland, M.Sc.
> >>
> >>Technische Universit?t Dresden
> >>Center for Information Services and
> >>High Performance Computing (ZIH)
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> ______________________________________________
> Guido Juckeland, M.Sc.
> 
> Technische Universit?t Dresden
> Center for Information Services and
> High Performance Computing (ZIH)
> D-01062 Dresden
> Germany
> 
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