[Linux-cluster] Question abou gfs1 and from which cvs branch

Bas van der Vlies basv at sara.nl
Thu Jan 24 15:29:37 UTC 2008


Brian Kroth wrote:
> Not sure if this is the "right" answer, but I was also running into this
> problem on a Gentoo setup.  The 2.01.00 package has a gfs-kernel module
> that (with some simple tweaks to the kernel - see usage.txt) will compile
> against 2.6.23 and seems to run well.  This is my first gfs attempt so I
> don't know how upgrading the tools will go for you.  I also read about
> (and experienced) problems with gfs2, so I'd also stick with gfs1 for the
> time being, but at least this way your upgrade path is prepared.
> 
> Brian
> 
Brian,

  Thanks for answer.  Which version of gfs1 is included in this package?


> Bas van der Vlies <basv at sara.nl>:
>> Hello,
>>
>>  We are still using gfs1 version 1.0.3 with a 2.6.17 kernel on Debian. I
>> noticed that there is only one newer version 1.0.4, but that is not working
>> for us, reported the problem to the list.
>>
>> Now i read on the Cluster Project Page to use cvs:
>>  * CVS STABLE branch (compiles against recent kernel.org kernel):
>> cvs -d :pserver:cvs at sources.redhat.com:/cvs/cluster checkout -r STABLE
>> cluster
>>
>> I noticed that there are not many update for STABLE since version 1.0.4 +
>> which branch must i use to compile againt the latest vanilla kernel
>> (2.6.23)?
>>
>> I still see a lot of messages with do not use gfs2 in a production
>> environment. That is why we still are using gfs1.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
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