Re: OpenSSI for CentOS 4

Sounds like an excellent synergistic idea.
Do the user-space heavy lifting using a known working kernel base: evolution
vs. revolution.
I suspect there are numerous back-port patches from later kernels applied to
the base 2.6.9 kernel which will make the journey interesting.

Stan.


> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Roger Tsang
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 1:27 AM
> To: ssic-linux-devel
> Cc: J. H.
> Subject: [SSI-devel] OpenSSI for CentOS 4
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As you know CentOS 4 is based on RHEL4
> (http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=35) which in
> turn is based on Fedora Core 3 (http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc3/#about)
> and CentOS 4 is supported until Feb 29, 2012
> (http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=42).
> 
> The current state of the OpenSSI for CentOS 5 is we are still porting
> to the newer vanilla kernel.  Porting OpenSSI for FC3 to CentOS 4
> should take considerably less effort than say porting to CentOS 5.  We
> only have to port the OpenSSI userspace from FC3 to CentOS 4.  We
> should first port to CentOS 4 to capture those OpenSSI users
> interested in an enterprise distro.  Then continue with the work on
> OpenSSI for CentOS 5.
> 
> >From what I recall John Hawley has already completed the CentOS 4
> userspace port, but may not have caught up with our latest OpenSSI
> 1.9.3.  We could ask him for the userspace and go from there.
> 
> 
> -Roger
> 
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