[Lustre-discuss] Lustre 1.8.3 on kernel 2.6.22

[Bernd Schubert]

Hello Jonas,

On Monday 07 June 2010, Jonas Ambrus wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> i tried to compile lustre 1.8.3 on kernel 2.6.22 (vanilla-config).
> The configure-script of lustre works fine. But when I try to make the
> lustre it fails with the following reason:
> ___________
> ....
> Applying ext3-big-endian-check-2.6.22-vanilla
> 1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/ext3/super.c.rej
> Patch ext3-big-endian-check-2.6.22-vanilla does not apply (enforce with -f)
> ...
> ___________
> I already tried to force it, but after that it's just a big mess and
> doesn't help ;)
> Do you have any suggestion to solve this problem?
> 
> Background:
> I want to compile it because I also need a KVM-Module in my kernel.
> I'm using CentOS 5.4 but I'm also open for any another solution.

the CentOS4 5.4 kernel (2.6.18-164) has a far more up2date kvm implementation 
than 2.6.22 has. So I really see no reason why should want to try 2.6.22?


Cheers,
Bernd