Building an installable package

The following command will build the source package. It detects the currently running kernel, distribution, and optional Mellanox OFED installation.

./build.sh bin

Following a successful build, the resultant package should reside in a dist/ sub-directory, for example:

$ ls -1 dist/vastnfs* | grep -v debug

vastnfs-4.0-kernel_4.18.0_348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64.rpm

For older kernel, the build relies on the legacy VAST NFS 3.x sources that are included in the source package.

See Installation for installation instructions.

Arguments

The build.sh bin command can receive the following optional arguments:

• --without-rpcrdma: Don't build RDMA support
• --dkms: For Debian-based system, generate a DKMS-based package even if no DKMS-based Mellanox OFED is installed.
• --no-ofed: Don't detect Mellanox OFED installation, and instead build a driver targeting the inbox kernel instead.

Regarding DKMS

DKMS is a source-based package for which the binary driver is built on-demand. This is useful for minor kernel updates.

If Mellanox OFED installation is detected, and if that installation is DKMS-based, then the resultant package will also be DKMS-based by default. This is currently supported only on Debian-based system. Otherwise, the built package will install binaries that depend on the current kernel version.

Document generated on 2025.06.13 19:31 for v4.0.34, branch 4.0