Re: [evlog-dev] implications of skipping kernel patch

Steve Woodruff wrote:
> 
> Has anyone installed evlog on a system without
> the corresponding kernel patch?  I realize that
> you would not be able to do printk and syslog
> msgs forwarding, but what else is impacted?
> 
> The reason i ask is that we have evlog running
> on an ia64 box and also on several io cards in
> an io chassis.  These cards are PPC and we only
> need the user-space evlog functionality on the
> cards (posting and subscribing to events).
> 
> Is this a valid configuration?  (user space tools
> only -- no kernel patch)

Yes, this is definitely a valid configuration.  In 
fact, syslog msg forwarding would still work.  Keep 
in mind though that the event consolidator will not
handle events correctly from different architectures.
Hien will start working to address this within days
(or maybe he's even started already).

Thanks,
Larry


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