[pnfs] Need a 'little' help

[Dean Hildebrand]

Hi Henk,

My pNFS/pvfs2 code is quite old (although it is still a functioning 
prototype).  I would not use it in a production environment.  Also, I 
wouldn't try adding patches to it or getting security to work (since 
pvfs2 doesn't support security anyways).

We now have a pNFS prototype based on 2.6.25 (although I haven't kept up 
pvfs2 support).  Depending on your goals, this might be useful.  Are you 
looking to implement pNFS extensions?  There is always lots of items to 
work on.  What file system do you want to use/support?  If you want to 
use pvfs2, then I wouldn't bother with pNFS for now and just use the 
pvfs2 client.

Dean Hildebrand

belcampo wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm new to the list and are a bit lost.
> Downloaded and installed 2.6.18.3-largeio-pnfs kernel and the 
> pvfs2-2.7.1 files. Made a pvfs2 filesystem which works OK.
> Now try to add the pNFS part following the instructions as on
> http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/asci/pnfs/docs/pnfspvfs2.html
>
> Downloaded nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.2.tar.gz and installed this. So far so 
> good. What I can't find is the PVFS2 Layout Driver and I don't know what 
> to do with acl-2.2.42-CITI_NFS4_ALL-2.dif
>
> Next item on that page mentions SPKM-3 implementation. Updated 
> 12/21/2005, so it looks rather old, and have no idea whether it's needed 
> anymore for recent kernels etc.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Henk Schoneveld
> The Netherlands
>
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