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I finally made some time to upgrade coda from 6.0.11 to 6.0.12 and the kernel module from 6.1 to 6.2. I'm building the 6.2 version of the coda module against a Redhat AS3 kernel (a patched 2.4.21 kernel). upcall.c has some new functions: block_signals and unblock_signals. These make use of ¤t->sigmask_lock. For some reason that I can't make out, redhat has patched sigmask_lock out of the kernel. It is replaced with sighand->siglock. Patching upcall.c to change each occurrence got me to the next stumbling block. upcall.c:672: structure has no member named `uc_posttime' This line refers to the upc_req structure, which doesn't have uc_posttime. It seemed to me (and please check me on this) that uc_posttime was only ever used in a debug function. So I deleted all references to it. And that got me to the next problem. upcall.c: In function `block_signals': upcall.c:642: too many arguments to function `recalc_sigpending_Rfb6af58d' upcall.c: In function `unblock_signals': upcall.c:650: too many arguments to function `recalc_sigpending_Rfb6af58d' upcall.c: In function `coda_upcall': upcall.c:791: too many arguments to function `coda_waitfor_upcall' To fix the second error I changed this line: runtime = coda_waitfor_upcall(req, vcommp); to runtime = coda_waitfor_upcall(req); but since I don't understand what it was meant to do, I'm very worried that I might have broken something. Finally, it appears that recalc_sigpending doesn't take an argument (I guess it assumes ¤t). I don't know if this is redhat specific or not. I've attached the patch file that I needed to get everything to build. I've also attached the spec file I used to create an rpm. I haven't installed or tested the rpm yet pending word on the my patches. And updating the rest of coda is going to have to wait a little bit now... Thanks, -- Patrick Walsh eSoft Incorporated 303.444.1600 x3350 http://www.esoft.com/Received on 2005-09-29 14:51:09