Re: [BProc] beowulf demo cluster

[Erik A. H. <er...@he...>]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 05:37:42PM +0200, Janez Pers wrote:
> However, bpmaster refuses to run, it complains that 
> 
> /dev/bproc: no such device.

You'll get that message until you actually install the bproc kernel
module.  bproc.o is the device in question and if the module isn't
loaded, the device isn't there.

> I find it utterly stupid, as the entry /dev/bproc is there, it
> was created by the install script... 
> 
> Also, insmod /usr/src/bproc/kernel/bproc.o says:
> Cannot find module bproc.o ... BUT IT IS there!

I have no answer for this one.  Try using strace on insmod and see
where it's getting confused.

> The bproc documentation on sourceforge is ok, although many steps
> in installation are missing, so can anyone write down step-by-step
> instructions which make options should be executed and in which
> order (sort of "bproc install for dummies").

It's somewhere on my very long todo list.  If somebody by any chance
already done this, I'd love to post it up there.

- Erik