[Linux-cluster] GFS for Linux kernel 2.6.16

[Patrick Caulfield]

Thomas Karsten wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> I would like to get GFS for the Linux kernel 2.6.16. As stated on the
> Cluster Project Page, both the released tarballs and the code from the
> CVS repository compile against the recent kernel only. Besides this
> information, I already tried to compile the code from CVS STABLE, but
> it failed using the Linux kernel 2.6.16.
> 
> The FAQ says, that the code should run on the 2.6.xx series kernel. Is
> it limited to a special Red Hat kernel?

The RHEL4 tag of CVS is for the Red Hat Enterprise kernels, the STABLE tag is
for the latest kernel.org kernels.

> Does the Cluster Project Page provide GFS downloads for other kernel
> versions than the recent one? If so, where can I find it? 

No. -rSTABLE works on the kernels it works on. If you need it to work on
another kernel you'll have to port it yourself ;-)

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patrick