Bug 96901 – davfs2 uses patch to remove --with-kernel-source option, but kernel source is needed for 2.6 kernels.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Stuart Grimshaw 2005-06-23 15:40:03 UTC]

Without the --with-kernel-src option, davfs2 builds to use the CODA2 protocol,
but 2.6 kernels come with CODA3.

My solution was to check for a 2.4 kernel & only do that patch if it is.

See attached patch.

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Stuart Grimshaw 2005-06-23 15:42:16 UTC]

Created attachment 61808 [details, diff]
Adds a check for kernel version before patching.

[Comment 2 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) 2005-07-09 15:03:53 UTC]

The problem with 2.6 kernels is that they can be configured to support either
CODA2 or CODA3 (I don't know how it works with 2.4 -- is there an option to
select CODA2/3 support, or do the 2.4 kernels support only a single version of
the protocol?). If the user happens to have the kernel compiled with
CONFIG_CODA_FS_OLD_API=n, everything works just fine. However, if he sets
CONFIG_CODA_FS_OLD_API to y, things start to break (davfs builds against CODA3,
and the kernel only supports CODA2).

[Comment 3 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2005-07-10 12:05:49 UTC]

So you are telling me that the ebuild does not work for 2.4 or for 2.6 kernels?

I am confused because as I understand you mean it does not work on 2.6, but it
works on my 2.6-kernel.

[Comment 4 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2005-07-11 08:45:59 UTC]

thanks, fixed