STABLE12-update-1_2_9-relnotes-20030413

Note 2.2.19 version requirement for 2.2 series kernels, and importance of
not using 1.2.9 afsd with old kernel modules.

diff --git a/doc/txt/RELNOTES-1.2.9 b/doc/txt/RELNOTES-1.2.9
index 645b3cc0b8d6ad207965bc45272369367d034f7a..c3f5987bc0da8fa8df7d1b690347b5daafd5f746 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/txt/RELNOTES-1.2.9
+++ b/doc/txt/RELNOTES-1.2.9
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ All systems:
   across reboots.  This also allows clients to have an empty CellServDB
   as long as AFSDB support is enabled and ThisCell has AFSDB records.
 
+  A consequence of this is that an OpenAFS 1.2.9 afsd will not work
+  with kernel modules from OpenAFS releases prior to 1.2.9.  In general,
+  using mismatched afsd/kernel module pairs are considered unsupported;
+  it is not recommended that you use such a configuration on a regular
+  basis.
+
 - Corrected integer overflow in xdrmem_getbytes() routine in our xdr
   implementation, even thought it's unused.
 
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ Solaris:
 
 Linux:
 
+- On machines using 2.2 series kernels, 2.2.19 or higher is now required.
+
 - Notice NETUNREACH errors and timeout attempts to access AFS quickly
   when we're not on the network.