[Lustre-discuss] Lustre 1.8.4 Patched Kernel Build

[Andreas Dilger]

On 2010-09-03, at 09:46, Charles Taylor wrote:
> and patching the kernel...
> 
> ln -s /usr/src/lustre-1.8.4/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/patches .
> ln -s /usr/src/lustre-1.8.4/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6- 
> rhel5.series series

You shouldn't patch the kernel with the ldiskfs patch series.  That is done automatically during the lustre build to create the "ldiskfs" module (which is the patched and renamed ext3 or ext4 code).

Please see the "how to build a lustre kernel" page:

http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Applying_Lustre_Patches_to_a_Kernel

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Lustre Technical Lead
Oracle Corporation Canada Inc.