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[Zach Retzlaff <>]

Thanks, Jeremy!  Found it!

Networking Support ---> Networking Options ---> IP: Web100 networking 
enhancements...

So the only incorrect part in the documentation is the (supposed) first level 
option category "Device Drivers  --->", but was enough to throw me off.  I am 
now able to compile the kernel, so I'm going to proceed and hopefully I will 
report back with good news

Thanks, all!


Zach Retzlaff

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Palmer 
[mailto:]
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:33 PM
To: Zach Retzlaff
Cc: 'Merlijn Hofstra'; 

Subject: Re: NDT Installation Assistance

The documentation is inaccurate. The web100 menu item is in a slightly 
different
place now as I recall. I don't remember exactly where it is but its somewhere
under the network options.

Zach Retzlaff wrote:
> Merlin,
>
>
>
> Scratch my previous email before you spend any time on that one, I made
> a mistake on my end.  Looks like the patch applied correctly this time,
> however I still cannot locate the web100 options in the menuconfig where
> the documentation says they should be.  Have you found that the
> documentation is inaccurate, or did the patch fail without errors?
>
>
>
>
>
> Zach Retzlaff
>
>
>
> *From:* Zach Retzlaff 
> [mailto:]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 3:07 PM
> *To:* 'Merlijn Hofstra'
> *Cc:* 
> 
> *Subject:* RE: NDT Installation Assistance
>
>
>
> Merlijn,
>
>
>
> I just tried the patch with kernel 2.6.31.6, and the results aren't any
> better.  The menuconfig won't even come up:
>
>
>
> [root@ndt
>  linux-2.6.31.6]# make menuconfig
>
> Makefile:303: /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.31.6/scripts/Kbuild.include: No
> such file or directory
>
> make: *** empty variable name.  Stop.
>
> make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
>
> [root@ndt
>  linux-2.6.31.6]#
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
> Zach Retzlaff
>
>
>
> *From:* Zach Retzlaff 
> [mailto:]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 2:54 PM
> *To:* 'Merlijn Hofstra'
> *Cc:* 
> 
> *Subject:* RE: NDT Installation Assistance
>
>
>
> Merlijn,
>
>
>
> I just hit [Enter] through the patch process this time, just to see what
> would happen.  It looks like nothing was applied.  There is no "Device
> Drivers  ---> Networking support  --->" category listed.  There is a
> "Network device support" category but I don't think that's what I'm
> looking for.  As for updating the kernel, I would prefer to use what the
> RHEL team considers "stable" - although for this project I'm probably
> going to have to relax my standards.  I will try downloading the latest
> kernel source and see if I can patch that.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Zach Retzlaff
>
>
>
> *From:* Merlijn Hofstra 
> [mailto:]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 2:30 PM
> *To:* Zach Retzlaff
> *Cc:* 
> 
> *Subject:* Re: NDT Installation Assistance
>
>
>
> Hi Zach,
>
> Those bits that fail on the kernel patching are pretty normal if your
> kernel is already patched with other stuff (CentOS probably applies some
> custom patchsets). Applying the EXTRAVERSION manually makes that reject
> safe to ignore. The real questions however is do the web100 options show
> up in menuconfig? And can the kernel be compiled after patching? (On a
> side note - why not upgrade to a more recent kernel while you're in the
> process of recompiling it anyway).
>
> The "File to Patch" question is merely for a Makefile, it can probably
> be ignored if nothing important fails. And the kernel patches are very
> much required to start the web100srv service.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Merlijn
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 21:12, Zach Retzlaff 
> <
> <mailto:>>
>  wrote:
>
> Heather,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I purposefully didn't include much info to begin
> with in case I was barking up the wrong tree.  I am more than happy to
> provide any information that would help in troubleshooting the issue.
>
>
>
> I'm running CentOS 5.4 with Linux kernel 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5.  The
> command I am using, per the install doc, and the results are as follows:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [root@ndt
>  2.6.18-164.6.1.el5-i686]# patch -p1 <
> /root/ndt_dl/web100/web100-2.6.18-2.5.12-200609221010.patch
>
> patching file Makefile
>
> Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
>
> 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.rej
>
> patching file Documentation/web100/locking.txt
>
> patching file Documentation/web100/proc_interface.txt
>
> patching file Documentation/web100/sysctl.txt
>
> patching file fs/proc/Makefile
>
> can't find file to patch at input line 219
>
> Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
>
> The text leading up to this was:
>
> --------------------------
>
> |Index: linux-2.6-web100/fs/proc/root.c
>
> |===================================================================
>
> |RCS file: /home/web100/cvsroot/kern/linux-2.6-web100/fs/proc/root.c,v
>
> |retrieving revision 1.1.1.6
>
> |retrieving revision 1.8
>
> |diff -u -p -w -r1.1.1.6 -r1.8
>
> |--- linux-2.6-web100/fs/proc/root.c    22 Sep 2006 09:32:01 -0000
> 1.1.1.6
>
> |+++ linux-2.6-web100/fs/proc/root.c    22 Sep 2006 13:00:23 -0000      1.8
>
> --------------------------
>
> File to patch:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> I did try modifying the EXTRAVERSION so that it now reads:
>
>
>
> EXTRAVERSION = -164.6.1.el5-web100
>
>
>
> ...as the install doc suggested, but that didn't make a difference.
>
>
>
> I don't know what file to specify at this point ("File to patch:").
> Also, I was under the impression that the kernel patch is only meant to
> improve performance, and didn't realize that the web100srv install would
> fail outright if not applied.  Let me know what you suggest.  Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Zach Retzlaff
>
>
>
> *From:* Heather L. Sanders 
> [mailto:
> <mailto:>]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 1:13 PM
> *To:* Zach Retzlaff
> *Cc:* 
> '
>  
> <mailto:>'
> *Subject:* Re: NDT Installation Assistance
>
>
>
> Hello Zach,
>
> This is a pretty helpful group. But...the information you are providing
> is a bit lacking.
>
> The kernel patch can fail in a number of ways.  What exactly happens
> when you try to apply the patch?  Please post what commands you run to
> issue the patch, then post the resulting output from your CentOS box.
> Copy/Paste works the best for this.
>
> The NDT install will fail, until you have successfully built your kernel
> with the patch and met all dependencies.
> Heather Sanders.
>
> Zach Retzlaff wrote:
>
> NTD Users,
>
>
>
> I'm not sure the right way to go about this, so I apologize if I missed
> something in the documentation.  I'm trying to get the NDT running on
> CentOS 5.4 and I'm having a heck of a time.  The kernel patch fails, as
> well as the web100srv and fakewww portions of the NDT install.  If
> someone can offer assistance, or at least point me in the right
> direction (i.e. user forums, etc.) that would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Zach Retzlaff
>
>
>
>
>

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