[Lustre-discuss] Compile lustre 1.8.4 errors+centos 5.5

Wojciech Turek wjt27 at cam.ac.uk
Tue Feb 8 03:13:00 PST 2011


So you are building a Lustre server? If the answer is yes, why not to use
already patched kernel for 1.8.4 which is available for download?


On 8 February 2011 11:02, Alfonso Pardo <alfonso.pardo at ciemat.es> wrote:

> yes, at fist moments I had compiling with 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 but now i
> am triyin with 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 but same error.
>
> I understand its possible to use clients with 1.8.4 and servers with
> 1.8.5, but my client demand me 1.8.4, becouse he doubts of recents
> versions.
>
> To summarize
>
> LUSTRE 1.8.4
> KERNEL 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> SSOO CENTOS 5.5
> LUSTRE PATH 1.8.4
>
> Error after path (quilt ok), make oldconfig and make:
>
> CC      mm/filemap.o
> mm/filemap.c: In function ‘set_page_constant’:
> mm/filemap.c:594: error: ‘SWAP_FAIL’ undeclared (first use in this
> function)
> mm/filemap.c:594: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
> once
> mm/filemap.c:594: error: for each function it appears in.)
> mm/filemap.c:604: error: implicit declaration of function ‘try_to_unmap’
> mm/filemap.c:604: error: ‘SWAP_SUCCESS’ undeclared (first use in this
> function)
> make[1]: *** [mm/filemap.o] Error 1
> make: *** [mm] Error 2
>
> El mar, 08-02-2011 a las 10:23 +0000, Wojciech Turek escribió:
> > Hi Alfonso,
> >
> > looking at 1.8.4 download page I can see that originally it was build
> > against 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 kernel whereas you are trying to build
> > against  2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, so the difference maybe enough to break
> > build process. Anyway as Tina said you can run mix of 1.8.4 and 1.8.5
> > clients. Also if you building a Lustre client you don't have to patch
> > the kernel.
> > In case you are building lustre server I would recommend to use Lustre
> > 1.8.5 and kernel which comes with it. You can run different Lustre
> > version on the clients and servers (for example 1.8.5 servers and
> > 1.8.4 clients or mix of 1.8.4 and 1.8.5 clients) as long as all the
> > Lustre servers are running the same version.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Wojciech
> >
> > On 8 February 2011 07:39, Alfonso Pardo <alfonso.pardo at ciemat.es>
> > wrote:
> >         upps,I don't finished......
> >
> >         Sorry, may be I don't explain so good. I am trying to compile
> >         lustre
> >         1.8.4 with patches of lustre 1.8.4 with the kernel source code
> >
> >         recomended by oracle (2.6.18-194.3.1.0.1.el5) in centos 5.5.
> >         When I try
> >         to compile I get a error.
> >
> >         But If I try to compile same kernel with lustre 1.8.5 with
> >         patches of
> >         1.8.5 in centos 5.5 it work, but I need to use 1.8.4 becouse
> >         all my
> >         system has 1.8.4 installed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         El mar, 08-02-2011 a las 08:24 +0100, Alfonso Pardo escribió:
> >
> >         > Sorry, may be I don't explain so good. I am trying to
> >         compile lustre
> >         > 1.8.4 with patches of lustre 1.8.4 with the kernel source
> >         code
> >         > recomended by oracle (2.6.18-194.3.1.0.1.el5) in centos 5.5.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > El lun, 07-02-2011 a las 14:41 -0500, Brian J. Murrell
> >         escribió:
> >         > > On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 09:35 +0100, Alfonso Pardo wrote:
> >         > > > But, I have used a kernel with subsequenced recomended
> >         by Oracle, I have
> >         > > > downloaded the source kernel from Oracle lustre 1.8.4
> >         web page.
> >         > >
> >         > > But you are trying to patch it with Lustre 1.8.5.  You
> >         cannot (usually)
> >         > > do that.  If you use 1.8.4 you need to use the kernel that
> >         it was built
> >         > > to work with.  If you use 1.8.5 you need to use the kernel
> >         that *it* was
> >         > > built to work with.  You cannot (again, usually) mix and
> >         match the
> >         > > supported kernel from one Lustre release with the patches
> >         from another.
> >         > >
> >         > > b.
> >         > >
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> >
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> Alfonso Pardo Díaz
>
> Unidad de Sistemas y Explotacion (USE)
> CETA-CIEMAT
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> Tel. 927 65 93 17
> www.ceta-ciemat.es
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