So the client source is included in Kernels after 3.11 so I backported wheezy to 3.12 like if I don't freeze up writing this: root@steamos:/home/desktop# uname -a Linux steamos 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2~bpo70+1 (2014-01-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@steamos:/home/desktop# mount -t lustre 192.168.0.10@tcp0:/ioio /home/desktop/ioio mount: 192.168.0.10@tcp0:/ioio: unknown device root@steamos:/home/desktop# lsmod | grep lustre root@steamos:/home/desktop# lsmod Module                  Size  Used by ksocklnd              146317  0 obdclass              708368  0 lvfs                   16943  1 obdclass lnet                  285146  2 obdclass,ksocklnd sha512_generic         12632  0 sha256_generic         20900  0 crc32c                 12656  0 libcfs                265730  4 lnet,lvfs,obdclass,ksocklnd root@steamos:/home/desktop# cat /etc/modprobe.d/lustre.conf options lnet networks=tcp(0) root@steamos:/home/desktop# tail -f /var/log/syslog Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.575654] lnet: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.576880] lvfs: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.580476] obdclass: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.585242] Lustre: Lustre: Build Version: v2_3_64_0-g6e62c21-CHANGED-3.9.0 Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.589757] ptlrpc: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.597081] ksocklnd: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.598907] LNetError: 4298:0:(linux-tcpip.c:97:libcfs_ipif_query()) Can't get flags for interface 0 Jan 28 22:53:56 steamos kernel: [  104.598912] LNetError: 4298:0:(socklnd.c:2823:ksocknal_startup()) Can't get interface 0 info: -19 Jan 28 22:53:57 steamos kernel: [  105.597105] LNetError: 105-4: Error -100 starting up LNI tcp Jan 28 22:53:57 steamos kernel: [  105.597248] LustreError: 4298:0:(events.c:567:ptlrpc_init_portals()) network initialisation failed Is there a new way to configure the Lustre client on 2.3.64 that I am missing.  It is trying to communicate with 1.8.6 servers I believe. On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:04:37 PM, Arden Wiebe <albert682(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote: Is it possible to have a Lustre client working on this kernel with DKMS or otherwise: