[gpfsug-discuss] el7.4 compatibility

[Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)]

The 7.4 kernels are listed as having been tested by IBM.

Having said that, we have clients running 7.4 kernel and its OK, but we
are 4.2.3.4efix2, so bump versions...

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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