[CentOS] Compiling Kernel Modules

Wed May 4 07:01:02 UTC 2005
John Newbigin <jnewbigin at ict.swin.edu.au>

Maciej Zenczykowski wrote:


> 
> Well anyway, if anyone wants a reiserfs module for CentOS 4, I'll have it
> built by the end of today...
This is the kind of thing that could go in CentOS Plus.  Someone would 
have to step up to build it and decide what goes into the package.

If they were built as addon RPM's then that might work well, but that is 
what GFS uses and it is a pain in the butt to maintain because GFS is 
also tied to specific userspace versions which don't coexist (though 
they reckon they have fixed that now).

John.
> 
> Cheers,
> MaZe.
> 
> On Tue, 3 May 2005, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Tue, 3 May 2005 at 1:15pm, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote
>>
>>
>>>I basically need reiserfs3 (nb. why is it disabled? it's a module, you
>>>use it, it doesn't wreck anything...) and I don't really want to change
>>>the rest of the kernel, and I'd like to have the minimum amount of fuss on
>>>future kernel upgrades.
>>
>>Not answering the main question, but I would guess that this module is
>>disabled for the same reason that XFS is -- support.  Anything Red Hat
>>distributes in RHEL they must support at a high level.  They decided not
>>to spend resources supporting XFS, and it looks like reiserfs is in the
>>same boat.
>>
>>--
>>Joshua Baker-LePain
>>Department of Biomedical Engineering
>>Duke University
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