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List:       lustre-discuss
Subject:    [Lustre-discuss] Changing default kernel name for prebuild rpms
From:       rjh+lustre () cita ! utoronto ! ca (Robin Humble)
Date:       2007-06-29 2:16:01
Message-ID: 20070629081557.GA14558 () lemming ! cita ! utoronto ! ca
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 01:56:42PM +0600, Evgeny Altunin wrote:
>Licenses for proprietary cluster software I'm using are very sensitive 
>to hardware/software changes. They depend on kernel name by means of 
>uname() call. Getting new licenses with every lustre update is not an 
>option.

why not just LD_PRELOAD a simple library before your proprietary
software to override its uname() call? then you can use any kernel
you want.

cheers,
robin

>
>I'm going to set some kernel name (lustre version part), get licenses 
>for it and use it to compile updated lustre kernel.
>
>The question is: are there any dependencies on kernel name or lustre 
>version name in the lustre part of kernel or lustre utilities?
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Evgeny
>
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