[Lustre-discuss] Most recent Linux Kernel on the client for a 1.8.7 server

[Michael Kluge]

Hi Adrian,

OK, thanks. Then the state is the same as I remember.


Regards, Michael

On 16.05.2012 20:14, Adrian Ulrich wrote:
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>> could someone please tell me what the most recent kernel version (and lustre version) is on the client side, if I have to stick to 1.8.7 on the server side?
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> 2.x clients will refuse to talk to 1.8.x servers.
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> You can build the 1.8.x client with a few patches on CentOS6 (2.6.32), but you should really consider to upgrade to 2.x in the future.
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> Regards,
>   Adrian
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>
>

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