Re: PERC6/i/e cli

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:00:06PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting "Stefan Lambrev" <stefan.lambrev_at_moneybookers.com> (from Wed,  
> 17 Sep 2008 12:17:40 +0300):
> 
> >
> >
> >Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> >>Quoting "Stefan Lambrev" <stefan.lambrev_at_moneybookers.com> (from  
> >>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:32:29 +0300):
> >>
> >>>Virtual Drive Information:
> >>>VD  DRV RLP RLS RLQ STS    SIZE        STATE         NAME
> >>>0   2   1   0   0   64kB   139392MB    Optimal       Ah and btw I  
> >>>think it was mandatory to have compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.12
> >>>(2.6.16 works too but you have to fix the script to not complain -  
> >>>i think the port is still not fixed?)
> >>
> >>Not related to $Subject, but related to the linuxulator: Only use  
> >>the default osrelease value or 2.6.16. Anything else may open  
> >>pandoras box.
> >The port comes with a shell script/wrapper which require you to use  
> >2.6.12. I think the maintainer promised to change it to >= 2.6.12
> >I personally use 2.6.16 and fixed the wrapper by myself to work only  
> >with this version.
> >The point of the maintainer is that if it works with 2.6.12, why we  
> >should disable it?
> >For me it's enough to work with default 2.6.16 value, but someone  
> >may want to experiment .. not that a small shell script will stop  
> >them ..
> 
> The linuxulator (kernel) will only switch to 2.6 mode with 2.6.16,  
> with everything else it will stay in 2.4 mode. The linux  
> infrastructure (ports) may decide to do their own stuff based upon the  
> value of osversion. In the linux_base-fc6 this is the case for sure  
> (libc and so on). The port you use may do the same. You've been  
> warned...

actually linuxulator checks if the "osrelease" string is at least 3 chars
long and if the 3rd char is "6" so "2.6.16" works exactly the same as
"9.6.IamAlittleBUTTERFLY"....

the fact is that we officially support only 2.6.16 as this is what is most
testing done with. On the other hand I think that anything below 16 (2.6.0 -> 2.6.15)
should work exactly as good. The problem might be with version > 16.

Anyway - the port should be fixed. In 8-CURRENT we default to "2.6.16" so the port
doesnt work...

roman