[phenixbb] Linux kernel version 3.0 detection
Nathaniel Echols
nechols at lbl.gov
Wed Sep 14 12:11:22 PDT 2011
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Ben Eisenbraun
<bene at hkl.hms.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Robert Campbell at Queens pointed out to me that the "machine_type" script
> bundled with PHENIX doesn't understand the new version 3.0 linux kernel
> strings.
>
> He tweaked his local copy for testing purposes on a Debian testing
> machine, and just forcing the 3.0 version to use the 2.6 binaries worked:
>
> case "$KERNEL" in
> 2.4.*)
> kernel_version=2.4 ;;
> 2.6.*)
> kernel_version=2.6 ;;
> 3.0.*)
> kernel_version=2.6 ;;
> *)
> kernel_version="$KERNEL" ;;
> esac
>
> I haven't tested it myself. It looks like Fedora 16 and Ubuntu 11.10, both
> targeted for November releases, will be using the new 3.0 kernel.
I didn't realize there was a kernel 3.0 yet; since it appears to be a
direct continuation of the 2.6 series, I suspect it won't be difficult
to support. Thanks for the patch - I will add it to the installers,
with the caveat that we won't actually be testing Phenix on kernel 3
until whenever Fedora 16 comes out.
-Nat
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