Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:21:03 +0100 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@FreeBSD.org> To: Alec Kloss <alec-keyword-arla.4d43de@SetFilePointer.com> Cc: Alec Kloss <alec-keyword-arla.4d43de@SetFilePointer.com>, afs@FreeBSD.org, arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Rasmus Kaj <kaj@kth.se> Subject: Re: Patches to get Arla running on FreeBSD 8-CURRENT Message-ID: <20C9FA49CAF5C2B89F267B11@girgBook.local> In-Reply-To: <20080225001717.GA28956@hamlet.SetFilePointer.com> References: <20080216035658.W93919@fledge.watson.org> <1203286882.16414.3.camel@heterodyne.kaj> <20080218012608.V96329@fledge.watson.org> <20080222125207.GD38141@hamlet.setfilepointer.com> <20080223092516.O23969@fledge.watson.org> <20080223102922.GF38141@hamlet.setfilepointer.com> <20080223110549.GG38141@hamlet.setfilepointer.com> <20080223161249.GH38141@hamlet.setfilepointer.com> <20080223161816.K45981@fledge.watson.org> <14E75315C9B1A23F5ACFFD46@girgBook.local> <20080225001717.GA28956@hamlet.SetFilePointer.com>
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--On s=F6ndag, s=F6 24 feb 2008 18.17.17 -0600 Alec Kloss=20 <alec-keyword-arla.4d43de@SetFilePointer.com> wrote: > On 2008-02-25 00:22, Palle Girgensohn wrote: >> I'm delighted to see all this chatter about arla. Any chance we can get >> a server working as well? I reckon that should, in principle, be >> easier, since it is not as much kernel involvement, right? But the best >> bet is OpenAFS, and it is different animal, so the KTH guys are not as >> deep into this code? >> >> /Palle <girgen@FreeBSD.org> >> >> And hi, Rasmus! :-) >> >> > > Oh, the OpenAFS server has worked on FreeBSD forever, and I run two > cells with multiple terabytes of data on FreeBSD only. The OpenAFS > param files tend to be out of date but I'm planning on getting > on top of that too. There's a port of OpenAFS 1.5.30 I put together > available right next to the arla stuff here: > > http://setfilepointer.com/pub/afs/FreeBSD/ I'll be darned. I'll need to find some time to check it out, I guess! > I tend to install the server everywhere I install arla because the > vos and bos commands in arla in incomplete compared to their > implementation in openafs. I suppose I should nag someone at > OpenAFS to include the new param files I made for newer FreeBSDs > (not that the new param files are particularly inspired). It'd be > great if a few people would comment on this port and then I guess > I'll create a PR to get it included in the ports tree at the same > time as arla. > > Sound good? Cool. Very cool :-) Did you get i working on amd64 as well? Cc me on the PR and you'll get a fast lane into the ports tree. ;-) /Palle
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