[sheepdog] Issues about setup

[Hitoshi Mitake]

At Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:46:38 +0800,
hujianyang wrote:
> 
> On 2015/1/20 10:32, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> >> I did a little change and it compiles OK. But UINT*_C are widely
> >> used in sheepdog_proto.h so maybe a large-scale modification is
> >> needed?
> > 
> > Cc-ing Alexander. The above UINT*_C macro problem is solved by the
> > recent patch of Alexander. But the kstrtoul() problem still
> > remains. If you can create a patch for it, I'll apply it.
> > 
> >>
> >> Also, kernel modules should be changed besides different kernel
> >> versions. How about separating kernel module code from userspace
> >> sheepdog package?
> >>
> > 
> > The main interfaces for modules provided by linux kernel seem to be
> > (almost) stable. If we can avoid to use (few) unstable interface,
> > separating it from our repository isn't required, I think.
> > 
> 
> Agree!
> 
> >>
> >> By the way, there are too many log messages while using sheepdog
> >> device. Can we stop its printing?
> > 
> > I don't have time to maintain sbd. If you can post a patch for
> > reducing message, I'll apply.
> 
> Yes, I'll do this.

Sorry, our converstation is interleaving... I created and posted a
patch for it. But feel free to post your patch. If you want to join
development of sheepdog, it will be a good practice :) I'll discard my
patch.

Thanks,
Hitoshi