Re: [mpls-linux-devel] mpls-linux and Centos 5.2?

[Scott W. <sw...@go...>]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 03:24, Chris Robson <Chr...@nr...>wrote:

>
> Scott
>
> Your only concern should be the core linux release, aka 2.6.XX paying
> particularly to the "XX" s.  I took a quick look at the Centos page but the
> Linux release did not jump out at me.  If you let me know which linux, aka
> "uname -a" it uses I most likely have a patch file to match it, if James
> doesnt.
>
> My preferred OS if Fedroa 10, not sure why you have to use Centos and would
> be concerned that since its a Red Hat clone your kernel, userland, libs are
> limited to the release levels of Red Hat's distro.  Note this is "not" to be
> read as a criticism of either distro as I prefer bleeding edge releases of
> Linux.  Just call me a glutton for punishment :-).  Actually what I do is
> baseline with Fedora 10, then back track to other distro.  For example, I've
> ported James's MPLS-Linux to the PetaLinux distro, aka kernel 2.6.20.
>
> Anyway, is yu tell me your Centro kernel version, I most likely have the
> build for it.


Chris,

I'm also trying to get netfpga support on the same boxes, and it needs
Centos 5.   The kernel is:
kernel.i686                              2.6.18-92.1.6.el5      installed


and iproute is:
iproute.i386                             2.6.18-7.el5           installed


Thanks,
Scott


>
> ....Chris
>
> James R. Leu wrote:
>
>> I do not know of anyone who has done this.  Let me know if there
>> are any changes that need to be applied to the mpls linux patch
>> to make it work.
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:53:04PM -0700, Scott Whyte wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm going to try and get mpls-linux running on Centos 5.2 (I have some
>>> other dependencies that are forcing me to Centos).  Before I get going on it
>>> I wanted to see if anyone has tried this, and what kind of luck they had
>>> making it all work.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial
>>> Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited
>>> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server
>>> and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> mpls-linux-devel mailing list
>>> mpl...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpls-linux-devel
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial
>> Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited
>> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server
>> and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> mpls-linux-devel mailing list
>> mpl...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpls-linux-devel
>>
>>
>