[lustre-discuss] Lustre client dkms package on kernel 4.4

[Dilger, Andreas]

On Jul 7, 2017, at 07:23, Riccardo Veraldi <Riccardo.Veraldi at cnaf.infn.it> wrote:
> 
> trying to install lustre-dkms on 4.4.76-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
> 
> Loading new lustre-client-2.9.59 DKMS files...
> Building for 4.4.76-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
> Building initial module for 4.4.76-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
> Done.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #0.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #1.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #2.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #3.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #4.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #5.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #6.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #7.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #8.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #9.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #10.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #11.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #12.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #13.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #14.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #15.
> dkms.conf: Error! Directive 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' does not begin with
> '/kernel', '/updates', or '/extra' in record #16.
> Error! Bad conf file.
> 
> anyone tried this before or has any hint to give me ?

Please see if there is anything in Jira (https://jira.hpdd.intel.com) about this, as DKMS is an area that people are working on.  If it isn't already fixed, then you should file a new ticket.

I would help you further, but I'm not very familiar with the build system.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Lustre Principal Architect
Intel Corporation