[ENBD] depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in kernel 2.4.20

[JonaZ A7V]

>"A month of sundays ago JonaZ A7V wrote:"
> > Don't ask me how, I even got the dependencies problem in 2.4.18.
>
>I see. Can you tell me the package versions of your
>

    gcc         2.95.3
    binutils    2.12.90.0.9
    util-linux  2.11r
    modutils    2.4.16

>
>too?
>
>
> > Btw, I'll be using Raid5 on top off ENBD, so will give feedback on your
> > raid5 question
>
>You might want to run the client with -w 0. I think raid5 scrambles the
>write ordering already, so there's no point in trying to preserve it.
>Or maybe they've fixed that.
>
> > I'm basically building a machine with 4 HDDs in raid5 and then will 
>export
> > the raid5 volume with enbd and make a new raid5 volume out of 10 enbd
> > exports. This has been tested already on 2.4.18.
> >
> > Basically will have 50 machines giving me 4TBs of storage, disk 
>redundant at
> > machine level and machine redundant at volume level =)
>
>If you get to 4TB (2^42 = 2^33 sectors) you will be exercising the
>block counting code in the kernel pretty well, so it's worthwhile
>mentioning it if it works! At 1024B blocks you will be at the
>theoretical maximum, and you will need 2048 or 4096B blocks to bring
>the block counts below 2^32.

I'll have about 1TB per volume, not coming to 4TB, as I'll be using 10 
machines per volume, not more.
Maybe in the future I'll try 4TB in another combination.

This is for private use, linux for me is a playground, something I'm using 
and learning on private projects like this. I'm a MCSE, so don't tell Bill 
;)

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