[Linux-cluster] GFS-6.0.2.20-2 - no athlon?

Chris Feist cfeist at redhat.com
Mon Jun 6 20:30:15 UTC 2005


Unfortunately the only supported architectures are x86, x86_64, ia32e & ia64 
for GFS 6.  We recommend using either the x86 rpms or x86_64 rpms on an athlon.

Thanks,
Chris

Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hello,
> For the new GFS 6.0.2.20-2, that came out for the new update 5 kernel 
> (2.4.21-32.0.1), there isn't an athlon module.
> Looking at the spec file from the source rpm, I cannot even make an 
> athlon kernel module without modifying the spec file.  This is because 
> of the line
> 
> ExclusiveArch: i386 i686 ia64 x86_64 ia32e
> 
> which doesn't include athlon.
> 
> But the question is why is it not there in the first place?
> Was this just an oversight?
> Is there a reason that I shouldn't use this on an athlon?
> 
> If this was just a slipup, well then that's ok.  But if there is a 
> reason I shouldn't use GFS on an athlon, I'd like to know.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Troy Dawson




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