Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual

$ mount -t lustre -L testfs-MDT0000 -o abort_recov /mnt/test/mdt
Note – The recovery process is blocked until all OSTs are available.
4.3 Building from Source
This section describes how to build Lustre from source code.
4.3.1 Building Your Own Kernel
If you are using non-standard hardware or Lustre Support has asked you to apply a
patch, you need to build your own kernel. Lustre requires some changes to the core
Linux kernel. These changes are organized in a set of patches in the
kernel_patches directory of the Lustre repository. If you are building your kernel
from the source code, then you need to apply the appropriate patches.
Managing patches for the kernels is a very involved process, because most patches
are intended to work with several kernels. We recommend that you use the Quilt
package developed by Andreas Gruenbacher, as it simplifies the process
considerably. Patch management with Quilt works as follows:
1. A series file lists a collection of patches.
2. The patches in a series form a stack.
3. Using Quilt, you push and pop the patches.
4. You then edit and refresh (update) the patches in the stack that is being
managed with Quilt.
5. You can then revert inadvertent changes and fork or clone the patches and
conveniently show the difference in work (before and after).
4.3.1.1 Selecting a Patch Series
Depending on the kernel being used, a different series of patches needs to be
applied. A collection of different patch series files are maintained for the various
supported kernels in this directory: lustre/kernel_patches/series/. 3
3. This directory is in the Lustre tarball.
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