arla 0.21 Oops on Linux 2.2.1

[Chuck Lever]

well, perhaps 'uname -r' is a little too specific.  installation
instructions specific to Linux might be a better idea (just like
the instructions to copy libgetcwd.so to /lib).

the reason why this is a desirable feature is because every time
i change my kernel version, i have to rebuild arla because it won't 
load with that particular version.  it would be better to keep
xfs.o with the other kernel-version-specific fs modules.

Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:
> chuckl at netscape.com (Chuck Lever) wrote:
> > btw, it would be really cool if the default "make install" process
> > (on Linux, anyway) put xfs.o in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/xfs.o instead
> > of in /usr/arla/bin.
> 
> Actually, I don't think this is a good idea.  In general, I build
> arla at least half the time, if not more often, for a kernel which
> I am not yet running.  Thus when I moved to 2.2.0-pre8, to 2.2.0-pre9,
> to 2.2.0, and to 2.2.1, I recompiled xfs.o for each of these kernels
> when I recompiled the kernel; that is, when I was still running the
> previous kernel.  So at the very least, you would need to use a
> variable instead of putting `uname -r` in the path.
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