[DRBD-user] drbd r0: sock_create_kern failed, err = -97

[Holger Kiehl]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2020, Robert Altnoeder wrote:

> On 3/4/20 4:09 PM, Holger Kiehl wrote:
> > But this is not in the kernel since is is stuck at 8.4.11. So we will try it
> > with kernel module from the 9.x source.
> 
> DRBD 9.0.x is not yet upstreamed, but the source is available and can be
> built on most somewhat recent distributions (those with a kernel 3.10 or
> newer, if I remember correctly).
> 
> However, RDMA functionality for DRBD is a separate DRBD transport kernel
> module that is a commercial add-on for DRBD 9.0.x, so it is not included
> in the DRBD 9.0.x source code. The RDMA extension can be purchased from
> LINBIT (which will also give you access to pre-built packages of DRBD
> 9.0.x for your distribution, installable via the package manager, so you
> don't have to build from source). If you intend to do this, please
> contact LINBIT Sales for information on licensing and pricing.
> 
Ok. Thanks for the information. Did not know that the RDMA was extra.

Regards,
Holger