If I upgrade an existing rhel5.7 system that has dkms-openafs moudles already working and try a dkms status I get a similar grep error:

# rpm -q dkms
dkms-2.2.0.3-1.el5

# dkms status
grep: /boot/config-: No such file or directory
openafs, el5.1.1, 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5, i686: installedgrep: /boot/config-: No such file or directory

openafs, el5.1.1, 2.6.18-274.el5, i686: installed-weak from 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5

Please provide the following

1) /var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/make.log 

2)dkms.conf 

3)if possible openafs module which is being used to build the driver.

I will attached the /var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/make.log and the
/usr/src/openafs-el5.1.1/dkms.conf.

The dkms rpms we use are the last in the 1.4.x series, the latest openafs series is 1.6.x and it has the same problem. You can get the dkms-openafs rpm we use at:

http://dl.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.4.14/rhel-5/i386/dkms-openafs-1.4.14-el5.1.1.i386.rpm

The kernel source is:
http://dl.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.4.14/rhel-5/i386/openafs-kernel-source-1.4.14-el5.1.1.i386.rpm

We also use dkms on our Red Hat 6.2 systems, I see the epel dkms version is at 2.1  and it is working. Note we are a big Dell/Redhat shop and have lots of systems running OpenAFS. Thanks for your help.

Created attachment 559952 [details]
OpenAFS dkms.conf file

Created attachment 559953 [details]
OpenAFS make.log output

From the dkms.conf the 

1)variable ${kernelver_array[0]} returns nothing hence grep fails.

The make.log suggests that

1)The mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/\$KMODNAME \$DSTKMOD" can not complete because there is no directory or file MODLOAD-*

---------------------------

[root@localhost src]# ls
afs  config  des  dir  fsint  JAVA  libafs  rx  rxkad  rxstat  util  vlserver
[root@localhost src]# pwd
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/src
[root@localhost src]# find . -iname MODLOAD*
[root@localhost build]#

---------------------------

MAKE[0]="SMP=SP; eval \`grep CONFIG_SMP /boot/config-${kernelver_array[0]}\`; [ -n \"\$CONFIG_SMP\" ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=\".\"; [ \"\`echo \"${kernelver_array[0]}\" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'\`\" = \"2.4\" ] && KMODNAME=\"libafs-*\" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=${kernel_source_dir}; make MPS=\$SMP; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/\$KMODNAME \$DSTKMOD"

could you please check if there is a change in the directory structure of the built module?

Error message from make.log.




                make -f Makefile.afs SMP_DEF="${SMP_DEF}" linux_compdirs_${TARG} CLIENT=2.6.18-274.el5PAE KDIR=${KDIR} || exit $?; \
                cd ../ ; \
        done
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/src/libafs'
mv: missing destination file operand after `src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/'
Try `mv --help' for more information.

During the build process the module MODLOAD* file is created and then
removed when "cleaning build area...." at the end of the make as shown 
below. I saw this during the build using the working dkms 2.1 version:

# pwd
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/src
# find . -name \*MOD\* -print
./libafs/MODLOAD-2.6.18-274.17.1.el5-MP

Here is the build output for comparison, dkms 2.2 is not setting the 
variables like 2.1. Thanks for your help.

dkms 2.2 build output:
---------------------

# /usr/sbin/dkms build -m openafs -v el5.1.1 -k 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5
grep: /boot/config-: No such file or directory

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2)
SMP=SP; eval ; [ -n  ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=.; [  = 2.4 ] && KMODNAME=libafs-* && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5/build; make MPS=; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/ ..........................(bad exit status: 1)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5 (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/make.log for more information.

# pwd
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1
# ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb  8 09:18 build
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Feb  8 09:13 source -> /usr/src/openafs-el5.1.1


dkms 2.1 build output;
---------------------

# /usr/sbin/dkms build -m openafs -v el5.1.1 -k 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2)
SMP=SP; eval `grep CONFIG_SMP /boot/config-2.6.18-274.17.1.el5`; [ -n "$CONFIG_SMP" ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD="."; [ "`echo "2.6.18-274.17.1.el5" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'`" = "2.4" ] && KMODNAME="libafs-*" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5/build; make MPS=$SMP; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/$KMODNAME $DSTKMOD.................................
cleaning build area....

DKMS: build Completed.

# pwd
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1
# ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb  8 09:18 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb  8 09:18 build
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Feb  8 09:13 source -> /usr/src/openafs-el5.1.1

# pwd
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5/i686/module
# ls -l
total 10268
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10496304 Feb  8 09:35 openafs.ko

The dkms 2.1 command sets the kernelver_array[] array:

kernelver_array[${#kernelver_array[@]}]=2.6.18-274.17.1.el5

and dkms 2.2 does not. The dkms-openafs dkms.conf uses this variable in
its make command:

# Items below here should not have to change with each driver version
PACKAGE_NAME="openafs"
MAKE[0]="SMP=SP; eval \`grep CONFIG_SMP /boot/config-${kernelver_array[0]}\`; [ -n \"\$CONFIG_SMP\" ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=\".\"; [ \"\`echo \"${kernelver_array[0]}\" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'\`\" = \"2.4\" ] && KMODNAME=\"libafs-*\" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=${kernel_source_dir}; make MPS=\$SMP; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/\$KMODNAME \$DSTKMOD"

They should be using the $kernelver as the dkms man page indicates. I changed
${kernelver_array[0]} to ${kernelver} in dkms.conf and it works for dkms 2.1 but
still has problems under dkms 2.2 which is not handling the make command the same. The $SMP $KMODNAME $DSTKMOD variables are not being set like in 2.1:

dkms 2.2 output
---------------
% /usr/sbin/dkms build -m openafs -v el5.1.1 -k 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2)
SMP=SP; eval CONFIG_SMP=y; [ -n  ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=.; [ 2.6 = 2.4 ] && KMODNAME=libafs-* && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5/build; make MPS=; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/ .........................(bad exit status: 1)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5 (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/openafs/el5.1.1/build/make.log for more information.

dkms 2.1 output
---------------
% /usr/sbin/dkms build -m openafs -v el5.1.1 -k 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2)
SMP=SP; eval `grep CONFIG_SMP /boot/config-2.6.18-274.17.1.el5`; [ -n "$CONFIG_SMP" ] && SMP=MP; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD="."; [ "`echo "2.6.18-274.17.1.el5" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'`" = "2.4" ] && KMODNAME="libafs-*" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5/build; make MPS=$SMP; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/$KMODNAME $DSTKMOD.................................
cleaning build area....

DKMS: build Completed.

The variable is changed to "$kernelver". I am checking upstream for change of variable problem. Will update with more info.

Thanks,
Sunil

(In reply to comment #10)
Sunil,

If it helps, I had to change my dkms.conf line from this:

MAKE[0]="KV0=${kernelver}; KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=\".\"; [ \"\`echo \"${kernelver_array[0]}\" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'\`\" = \"2.4\" ] && KMODNAME=\"libafs-*\" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=${kernel_source_dir} --with-linux-kernel-packaging; make; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/\$KMODNAME \$DSTKMOD"

...to this:

MAKE[0]="KMODNAME=openafs.ko; DSTKMOD=\".\"; [ \"\`echo \"${kernelver_array[0]}${kernelver[0]}\" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/'\`\" = \"2.4\" ] && KMODNAME=\"libafs-*\" && DSTKMOD=openafs.o; ./configure --with-linux-kernel-headers=${kernel_source_dir} --with-linux-kernel-packaging; make; mv src/libafs/MODLOAD-*/\\\$KMODNAME \\\$DSTKMOD"

That works with either $kernelver_array or $kernver, and it solves a problem with un-escaped "$".