[lustre-discuss] What versions of distros are actually supported?

Sergey Gorenko sergeygo at mellanox.com
Wed Sep 27 08:25:08 PDT 2017


Peter,

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I needed to know.

Sergey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones, Peter A [mailto:peter.a.jones at intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 3:53 PM
> To: Sergey Gorenko <sergeygo at mellanox.com>; lustre-
> discuss at lists.lustre.org
> Subject: Re: [lustre-discuss] What versions of distros are actually supported?
> 
> Sergey
> 
> The changelog on lustre.org is what we actually tested runtime behaviour for
> during the QE cycle for the release.
> 
> The changelog file is a superset of this with other kernels that have been
> proven to build in the past.
> 
> This does not guarantee that the runtime behaviour will meet the same
> standards of the validated kernel versions but, especially for small variations,
> likely will.
> 
>  Overall, if someone is wanting to deploy something different it is best to test
> the workloads before going into full production and if working with a Lustre
> support vendor then check with them to see whether they will endorse the
> proposed configuration.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2017-09-27, 1:26 AM, "lustre-discuss on behalf of Sergey Gorenko"
> <lustre-discuss-bounces at lists.lustre.org on behalf of
> sergeygo at mellanox.com> wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I see inconsistent data in the changelog on the site and in the source tree.
> For example, the list of supported distros for version 2.10 looks like this:
> >
> >The Changelog from site
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki
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> >    Server support for kernels:
> >        * RHEL 7.3 (3.10.0-514.21.1.el7)
> >    Client support for unpatched kernels:
> >        * RHEL 7.3 (3.10.0-514.21.1.el7)
> >        * SLES12 SP2 (4.4.59-92.17)
> >
> >The lustre/ChangeLog file from the source tree TBD Intel Corporation
> >       * version 2.10.0
> >       * See
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwik
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> >         for currently supported client and server kernel versions.
> >       * Server known to build on patched kernels:
> >         2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 (RHEL6.5)
> >         2.6.32-504.30.3.el6 (RHEL6.6)
> >         2.6.32-573.26.1.el6 (RHEL6.7)
> >         2.6.32-642.15.1.el6 (RHEL6.8)
> >         2.6.32-696.el6      (RHEL6.9)
> >         3.10.0-514.16.1.el7 (RHEL7.3)
> >         3.0.101-0.47.71     (SLES11 SP3)
> >         3.0.101-97          (SLES11 SP4)
> >         3.12.69-60.64.35    (SLES12 SP1)
> >         4.4.49-92.14        (SLES12 SP2)
> >         vanilla linux 4.6.7 (ZFS only)
> >       * Client known to build on unpatched kernels:
> >         2.6.32-431.29.2.el6 (RHEL6.5)
> >         2.6.32-504.30.3.el6 (RHEL6.6)
> >         2.6.32-573.26.1.el6 (RHEL6.7)
> >         2.6.32-642.15.1.el6 (RHEL6.8)
> >         2.6.32-696.el6      (RHEL6.9)
> >         3.10.0-514.16.1.el7 (RHEL7.3)
> >         3.0.101-0.47.71     (SLES11 SP3)
> >         3.0.101-97          (SLES11 SP4)
> >         3.12.69-60.64.35    (SLES12 SP1)
> >         4.4.49-92.14        (SLES12 SP2)
> >         vanilla linux 4.6.7
> >
> >As you can see the changelog file from the source tree contains a lot more
> versions of distros. Can someone please explain me the difference?
> >
> >Are there any differences in the level of support for distros from the list?
> For example, some of them are less tested or something else.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Sergey
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