[OpenAFS] in tree kernel module kafs fedora 29

[Gary Gatling]

Is the out of tree kernel module for openafs still required in fedora 29
with kernel 4.19.2-300.fc29.x86_64 ? Or would it be possible that someone
could build openafs to take advantage of the (now) built in kernel module?
(kafs)

I can "modprobe kafs" on this kernel ok.

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/general-linux-open-source/988963-afs-file-system-driver-overhauled-for-linux-4-15

[Jonathan Billings]

Post by Gary Gatling
Is the out of tree kernel module for openafs still required in fedora 29
with kernel 4.19.2-300.fc29.x86_64 ? Or would it be possible that someone
could build openafs to take advantage of the (now) built in kernel module?
(kafs)
I can "modprobe kafs" on this kernel ok.
https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/general-linux-open-source/988963-afs-file-system-driver-overhauled-for-linux-4-15

You can’t use the OpenAFS tools with the kAFS module, but there are some
tools that will work with it. Others are working on getting the kafs-utils
and kafs-client packages in Fedora 29 (and later).

I’ve been trying to build packages that work with it here:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jsbillings/kafs/packages/

Ignore the kernel packages and kafs-aklog packages, they aren’t necessary.

Post by Gary Gatling
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[Gary Gatling]

Cool. Thanks for the information about that. I am surprised openafs doesn't
work with the kernel module. But it is what it is. :)

Post by Jonathan Billings

Post by Gary Gatling
Is the out of tree kernel module for openafs still required in fedora 29
with kernel 4.19.2-300.fc29.x86_64 ? Or would it be possible that someone
could build openafs to take advantage of the (now) built in kernel module?
(kafs)
I can "modprobe kafs" on this kernel ok.
https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/general-linux-open-source/988963-afs-file-system-driver-overhauled-for-linux-4-15

You can’t use the OpenAFS tools with the kAFS module, but there are some
tools that will work with it. Others are working on getting the kafs-utils
and kafs-client packages in Fedora 29 (and later).
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jsbillings/kafs/packages/
Ignore the kernel packages and kafs-aklog packages, they aren’t necessary.

Post by Gary Gatling
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Jonathan Billings College of Engineering - CAEN - Unix and Linux Support

[Jeffrey Altman]

Post by Gary Gatling
Cool. Thanks for the information about that. I am surprised openafs
doesn't work with the kernel module. But it is what it is. :)

kafs and af_rxrpc are clean room implementations. They are not derived
from any IBM Public License 1.0 source code. That is why they can be
part of the Linux kernel as in-tree networking stack and file system
components.

OpenAFS does not work with the kafs kernel module because the kafs file
system is an alternative client compatible with IBM AFS 3.6, OpenAFS and
AuriStorFS services.

Jeffrey Altman