So it must only warn, not abort.
case $BACKINGFS in
ext3)
# --- Check that ext3 and ext3 xattr are enabled in the kernel
+ # --- only warn for ext3 xattr because 2.4 kernels don't have
+ # --- this config flag.
LC_CONFIG_EXT3([],[
AC_MSG_ERROR([Lustre requires that ext3 is enabled in the kernel])
],[
- AC_MSG_ERROR([Lustre requires that extended attributes for ext3 are enabled in the kernel])
+ AC_MSG_WARN([Lustre requires that extended attributes for ext3 are enabled in the kernel])
+ AC_MSG_WARN([This build may fail.])
])
;;
ldiskfs)