[Lustre-discuss] mismatching versions between kernel and client

[Shi Jin]

Hi there,

I am trying to install a patchless Lustre client on a CentOS 5.2 system from RPM. I downloaded the following two RPMs:
    *  lustre-client-1.6.7-2.6.18_92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.6.7smp.i686.rpm
    * lustre-client-modules-1.6.7-2.6.18_92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.6.7smp.i686.rpm 

However, the kernel of my system is slightly different: 2.6.18-92.e15.
Therefore, the installed modules are located in a different directory in /lib/modules to the system kernel. I manually created symbolic links of the fs and net directories into the system kernel directory. However, I am still not able to load the lustre modules.  Note that the files at the top directory such as modules.dep are not copied.

The whole problem comes from the slight difference between the versions of the kernel and the modules. I am wondering if there is a simple way to get the modules loaded without installing a new kernel.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Shi Jin