Coda File System

RE: compiling lpw on HP-UX 10.20

From: <Dimitris.Krekoukias_at_ual.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:49:27 -0500
Well the clients NEED to be HP/UX boxes so it won't work then.

Anyone know (free) alternatives? OpenAFS doesn't work on HP-UX 10.20 due
to lack of pthreads support, I hear, sounds fishy to me since AFS was
available for 10.20.

Dimitris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu [mailto:jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:58 PM
> To: Krekoukias, Dimitris /whqkt; jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu
> Cc: codalist_at_TELEMANN.coda.cs.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: compiling lpw on HP-UX 10.20
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 01:28:46PM -0500, 
> Dimitris.Krekoukias_at_ual.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Trying to use coda on an HP-UX 10.20 box but can't get the 
> compilation
> > to succeed.
> > 
> > Before I give more info, can coda even run on HP-UX?
> 
> A Coda server should be able to run fine. But as we have no kernel
> patches that tap into the VFS layers on HP-UX, a Coda client won't be
> able to pass files to applications.
> 
> If there is an Arla or OpenAFS kernel module for HP-UX, it might be
> possible to learn enough about the VFS to write a Coda kernel module.
> However, there are enough differences between AFS and Coda kernel
> modules that it won't be a simple undertaking.
> 
> Jan
> 
Received on 2001-05-31 12:12:37