Re: bcache & kernel branch that will build together

[Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Ok, I think I got them all fixed - the code that's up now should build for you.

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Kent Overstreet <koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 01:07:16PM -0500, Jason Warr wrote:
>> Dumb question coming from someone who is more of an admin than a
>> developer.  Although I did build and run a dev lab at Sun in the
>> early days of Solaris Nevada.
>>
>> What kernel source version or branch will your current git tree patch to and compile with?
>>
>> I have tried everything from 3.5rc1 to Linus's current git tree.  It
>> breaks DRBD.  Once I disable DRBD in the config it fails at
>> target_core_iblock.c.  So I never get a full build.
>>
>> So either I am doing something obviously wrong or ???
>
> Bah, sounds like I didn't test my code when I rebased to 3.5. Lazy me.
>
> For the moment, if you're not actually using drbd or iscsi you could
> just disable both of those in the config. Assuming I didn't break dm and
> md too. heh.
>
>>
>> I'd love to test this out and help with debugging.  I have plenty of
>> hardware and interest in it working well.  I can even provide you
>> access to debug when I hit an issue.
>
> Cool!
>
>> What error output can I provide and can you point me to good trees?
>
> You could send me your .config in case it turns out to be something
> specific to your specific config. Ought to be something simple, though.
>
>> I appreciate it and I am glad to see that someone is finally making
>> the effort to get a real, working block cache object into the
>> kernel.  I will help in any way I can.
>
> Thanks :)
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