7.3. Requirements

As the purpose of clump/os is to add nodes to a cluster, it is assumed that you already have a running MOSIX cluster -- or perhaps only a single MOSIX node -- from which you will be initiating jobs. All machines in the cluster must conform to the following requirements:

The following network modules are present, although not all support auto-probing; if you don't see support for your card in this list, then clump/os will not work for you even in Expert Mode.

3c501.o 3c503.o 3c505.o 3c507.o 3c509.o 3c515.o 3c59x.o 8139cp.o 8139too.o 82596.o 8390.o ac3200.o acenic.o at1700.o cs89x0.o de4x5.o depca.o dgrs.o dl2k.o dmfe.o dummy.o e2100.o eepro.o eepro100.o eexpress.o epic100.o eth16i.o ewrk3.o fealnx.o hamachi.o hp-plus.o hp.o hp100.o lance.o lp486e.o natsemi.o ne.o ne2k-pci.o ni5010.o ni52.o ni65.o ns83820.o pcnet32.o sis900.o sk98lin.o smc-ultra.o smc9194.o starfire.o sundance.o sungem.o sunhme.o tlan.o tulip.o via-rhine.o wd.o winbond-840.o yellowfin.o

Please also note that clump/os may not work on a laptop, definitely doesn't support PCMCIA cards, and will probably not configure MOSIX properly if your machine contains multiple connected Ethernet adapters; see Note 1. This is a temporary limitation of the configuration scripts, and the Release 3/4 kernels which are compiled without CONFIG_MOSIX_TOPOLOGY