[CentOS] applying kernel patch

[John R Pierce]

Carlos Santana wrote:
> I am trying to build a Lustre file system over CentOS. The file system
> server's kernel needs to be lustrized, however client can be installed
> without altering kernel. I was struggling with client installation and
> thought specific kernel requirement might be an issue. I am stil not
> sure why is it failing though...
> Anyway, to cut it short, needed for some dependency issues..
>   

looks like Lustre has very specific kernel requirements, see
http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Lustre_Support_Matrix

eg, Lustre 1.8.0 -must- be run with kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5 and not, 
for example, 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5