Is there a way to have AUFS support with latest kernel in Arch repos?

shadyabhi · 2013-06-04 06:08:10

http://aufs.sourceforge.net/ says that linux kernel 3.9 has support for AUFS but then why does Arch doesn't have it enabled in the kernel present in repos?

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-04 06:11:39

As Arch provides near vanilla packages, there is nothing to enable. AUFS is not part of the kernel, it is a patch. You can find some AUFS patched kernels in the AUR, and I think linux-pf has it as well.

Otherwise, you can use the unionfs-fuse package in the official repos. But just be aware that because it is a fuse based filesystem, it might not be as fast as you want/expect.

shadyabhi · 2013-06-04 06:19:03

WonderWoofy wrote:

As Arch provides near vanilla packages, there is nothing to enable. AUFS is not part of the kernel, it is a patch. You can find some AUFS patched kernels in the AUR, and I think linux-pf has it as well.
Otherwise, you can use the unionfs-fuse package in the official repos. But just be aware that because it is a fuse based filesystem, it might not be as fast as you want/expect.

Thanks for bringing it to notice. I thought that it was part of official kernel.

I need to run docker on 3.9 kernel that's why I need it. In 3.8, my laptop has issues with ethernet not being detected after sleep so I don't want to use the package given in AUR.

A guy named timebomb has provided a diff against 3.9 here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/aufs3/ . I was just hoping if we could have a PKGBUILD.

In the meantime, I'll try linux-pf kernel. Thanks

progandy · 2013-06-04 06:21:33

The zen kernel might provide aufs support, too

shadyabhi · 2013-06-04 06:27:14

I tried to compile linux-pf and got the message saying,

==> AUFS3 not yet ported to version 3.9!
==> Skipping related patches.

Checking out zen kernel right now.

progandy · 2013-06-04 07:39:57

shadyabhi wrote:

I tried to compile linux-pf and got the message saying,
==> AUFS3 not yet ported to version 3.9!
==> Skipping related patches.
Checking out zen kernel right now.

It seems the git url has changed. Try to change it:
http://git.code.sf.net/p/aufs/aufs3-standalone (source: http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/aufs3-sta … 3.9/tree/)

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-04 16:24:43

I believe there is also an unofficial repo that has linux-pf, and as for zen, heftig has a repo that provides that as well. The advantage of heftig's repo is that heftig is an Arch Linux developer, so I feel just a tad more comfortable with those packages.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 see this thread for more info on heftigs repo

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#1 2013-06-04 06:08:10

Is there a way to have AUFS support with latest kernel in Arch repos?

#2 2013-06-04 06:11:39

Re: Is there a way to have AUFS support with latest kernel in Arch repos?

#3 2013-06-04 06:19:03

Re: Is there a way to have AUFS support with latest kernel in Arch repos?

#4 2013-06-04 06:21:33

Re: Is there a way to have AUFS support with latest kernel in Arch repos?

#5 2013-06-04 06:27:14

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#6 2013-06-04 07:39:57

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#7 2013-06-04 16:24:43

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