Re: NFS bugs w/ SGI's

[Dean Brissinger <brissing@xxxxxxxxxx>]

	Using kgcc enabled me to compile, but it didn't work then 
either (unable to find a console device).  This was because of the 
way I configured the kernel.


    Is the NFS getdents64 patch going to be included in the 1.0.1 release?


> This looks more like general kernel compilation problems than something
> about the patch itself. Which compiler and tools are you using?
>
> Steve
>
> >  Hi!
> >
> >         I'm encountering something that keeps me from using Linux in
> >  my environment.  There is a bug in the linux kernel 2.2.18 and
> >  2.4.present kernels that will cause some files not to show up over
> >  NFS mounts from Irix systems.  I found my problem is discussed in
> >  detail at:
> >
> >         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30944
> >
> >  and there is a patch for my problem:
> >
> >         http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/2.4.2/
> >
> >
> >  BUT!  I cannot get the patch to compile with the XFS kernel with
> >  devfs.  I thought it would take me an hour or two but have now spent
> >  all day on it.  I get though the compile with a vanilla config file
> >  (all defaults) but when linking get the following message:
> >
> >  >/tmp/cc9HoxYq.s: Assembler messages:
> >  >/tmp/cc9HoxYq.s:1056: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `shl'
> >  >/tmp/cc9HoxYq.s:1112: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `shl'
> >  >make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1
> >  >make[1]: Leaving directory `src/linux-2.4-xfs-r1.0/linux/arch/i386/kernel'
> >  >make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
> >
> >
> >  A quick search on google resulted in a couple of anonymous posts that
> >  claim to have this working.  Has anyone got this patch working with
> >  the XFS kernel?
> >
> >         I'd love either for a binary RPM (RH 7.1) of the patched
> >  kernel or a working source tree.  Can ya help?
> >
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