If you apply the patches in cluster/gfs-kernel/patches to the kernel and build GFS that way, things work ok. On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:57:11AM +0200, Lazar Obradovic wrote: > Hi, > > I've been playing with out-of-tree building of gfs related modules > (actually, creating ebuilds for gfs), and found out one really stupid > thing: > > You cannot successfuly build gfs-kernel modules if you don't have at > least one "regular" filesystem build in kernel with Posix ACL support. > The thing is that gfs-kernel tree modules expect to have posix_acl* > symbols available from already build kernel. > > Perhaps it's not a "bug" in gfs-kernel after all, since kernel > documentation states: > > --- fs/KConfig --- > config FS_POSIX_ACL > # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs) > # > # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does). > # Never use this symbol for ifdefs. > # > bool > depends on EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL || EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL || > JFS_POSIX_ACL || REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL > default y > --- fs/KConfig --- > > but, on the other hand, it doesn't put CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL in .config, > so fs/Makefile ignores posix_acl.o and xattr.o when compiliing kernel. > > Is this gfs or kernel issue? Can we locally correct this (somehow force > the compilation of fs/posix_acl.o and fs/xattr.o if not available) or do > we have report this to LKML? > > Quick fix would be to compile kernel with EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL, but i'm not > sure what side-effects would that have on ext3 filesystems. > > -- > Lazar Obradovic, System Engineer > ----- > laza@xxxxxx > YUnet International http://www.EUnet.yu > Dubrovacka 35/III, 11000 Belgrade > Tel: +381 11 3119901; Fax: +381 11 3119901 > ----- > This e-mail is confidential and intended only for the recipient. > Unauthorized distribution, modification or disclosure of its > contents is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender by telephone +381 11 3119901. > ----- > > > -- > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- Ken Preslan <kpreslan@xxxxxxxxxx>
