[Lustre-discuss] Lustre 1.6.5.1 on X4200 and STK 6140 Issues
Malcolm Cowe
Malcolm.Cowe at Sun.COM
Tue Oct 7 02:46:50 PDT 2008
Now with attachment. Sorry.
Malcolm Cowe wrote:
>
> Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> On Oct 06, 2008 10:59 -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 15:47 +0100, Malcolm Cowe wrote:
>>>
>>>> With respect to the OFED stack used, we are using the latest official
>>>> software stack supplied by Voltaire. The reason for this is that there
>>>> is more to OFED than just the kernel modules, including many libraries
>>>> and tools,
>>>>
>>> None of these should be necessary for Lustre to use I/B.
>>>
>>
>> Also very important to note is that if you are changing the IB stack,
>> then Lustre also needs to be recompiled to work with the new IB stack.
>>
>>
> Yes. As a matter of fact, you have anticipated a question I have: how
> does one re-build Lustre in a safe and consistent manner? I'm working
> through the docs, but I have come across a problem when I try to run
> "make rpms" in the Lustre source:
>
> make[4]: *** No rule to make target
> `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/lustre-1.6.5.1/ldiskfs/Module.symvers', needed
> by `Module.symvers'. Stop.
>
> How do I ensure that the build environment that Lustre requires is
> properly prepared? I could just hoick a soft link to the
> Module.symvers file in the kernel tree, but that's a little messy.
>
> I've attached a draft copy of the build process to this message.
> Again, just looking to sanity check the method, since I'm obviously
> missing something.
>
> I'm going to rebuild the servers today so that I can provide the debug
> information that Brian requested.
>> Cheers, Andreas
>> --
>> Andreas Dilger
>> Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
>> Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
>>
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> Regards,
>
> Malcolm.
>
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*Malcolm Cowe*
/Solutions Integration Engineer/
*Sun Microsystems, Inc.*
Blackness Road
Linlithgow, West Lothian EH49 7LR UK
Phone: x73602 / +44 1506 673 602
Email: Malcolm.Cowe at Sun.COM
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