NRPE on IA64-linux

[Taiji Otsuki]

Thanks, Andreas 


> Taiji Otsuki wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Is there anyone who has experienced successfuly installed nrpe daemon
> > in IA64-Linux(Itanium2) ? The OS is Redhat Enterprise Linux AS3.0.
> > After I complied and installed the nrpe daemon first with 
> > --enable-commands-args option, I started  nrpe daemon like below. 
(snip)
> > However, lot's of same messages appeared in the IA-64's
> > /var/log/messages,
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >  kernel : IA32 syscall #252 issued, maybe we should implement it.
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Syscall #252 is the asm function exit_group (which is undocumented but 
> called when a process group leader is created or exits).
> To get around this, you either need to update your kernel to one that 
> better supports the 64-bit architecture (2.6.x is working hard on this) 
>   or modify nrpe to utilize pthread_create() instead of fork().
Unfortunately, this time I have no privilege to update this server's
kernel. So, I would like to try the latter one....


> If you go with the latter solution, you will need the posix-threads 
> library (-lpthread), which should be included by default with any linux 
> distro worth mentioning. NRPE is actually pretty nicely suited to do 
> this (since it handles everything in handle_connection(), as opposed to 
> serializing a bunch of function calls).
Sounds fine! How should I edit some nrpe source files? Could you give 
me some other clues? 


> > Normally, it is said IA-64 system needs IA-32 Execution Layer
> > or something emulation software to run IA-32 application.
> > How can I run NRPE daemon propperly in the IA64-Linux?
> > Are there any compiling option or patches available?
> > 
> Tha IA-32 execution layer for Linux doesn't seem to be about any time 
> soon, according to this.
> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/linux-ia64/0309/6649.html
Thanks this info.




> -- 
> Mvh / Best Regards
> Sourcerer / Andreas Ericsson
> OP5 AB
> +46 (0)733 709032
> andreas.ericsson at op5.se
> 


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