[gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility

[Kenneth Waegeman]

On 28/09/17 16:23, Simon Thompson (IT Research Support) wrote:
> The 7.4 kernels are listed as having been tested by IBM.
Hi,

Were did you find this?
>
> Having said that, we have clients running 7.4 kernel and its OK, but we
> are 4.2.3.4efix2, so bump versions...
Do you have some information about the efix2? Is this for 7.4 ? And 
where should we find this :-)

Thank you!

Kenneth

>
> Simon
>
> On 28/09/2017, 15:18, "gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org on behalf
> of Jeffrey R. Lang" <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org on behalf of
> JRLang at uwyo.edu> wrote:
>
>> I just tired to build the GPFS GPL module against the latest version of
>> RHEL 7.4 kernel and the build fails.  The link below show that it should
>> work.
>>
>> cc kdump.o kdump-kern.o kdump-kern-dwarfs.o -o kdump     -lpthread
>> kdump-kern.o: In function `GetOffset':
>> kdump-kern.c:(.text+0x9): undefined reference to `page_offset_base'
>> kdump-kern.o: In function `KernInit':
>> kdump-kern.c:(.text+0x58): undefined reference to `page_offset_base'
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[1]: *** [modules] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux'
>> make: *** [Modules] Error 1
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> mmbuildgpl: Building GPL module failed at Thu Sep 28 08:12:14 MDT 2017.
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> mmbuildgpl: Command failed. Examine previous error messages to determine
>> cause.
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]#
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]#
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]#
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]#
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]# uname -a
>> Linux bkupsvr3.arcc.uwyo.edu 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Sep 9
>> 03:55:24 EDT 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> [root at bkupsvr3 ~]# mmdiag --version
>>
>> === mmdiag: version ===
>> Current GPFS build: "4.2.2.3 ".
>> Built on Mar 16 2017 at 11:19:59
>>
>> In order to use GPFS with RHEL 7.4 I have to use a 7.3 kernel.  In my
>> case 514.26.2
>>
>> If I'm missing something can some one point me in the right direction?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org
>> [mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org] On Behalf Of Bryan
>> Banister
>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:22 AM
>> To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org>
>> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility
>>
>> Please review this site:
>>
>> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> -Bryan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org
>> [mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org] On Behalf Of
>> Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 6:45 PM
>> To: gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org
>> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility
>>
>> Note: External Email
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>>
>> I guess I may as well ask about SLES 12 SP3 as well! TIA.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org
>> [mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth
>> Waegeman
>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 6:17 PM
>> To: gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org
>> Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there already some information available of gpfs (and protocols) on
>> el7.4 ?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kenneth
>>
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