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Does XFS require DevFs?

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Subject: Does XFS require DevFs?
From: Joseph Fannin <jhf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:31:14 -0400
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     I've searched the archives but found no answer to this question:
Does XFS require DevFS?  Or can I build a kernel for my system
(installed from the XFS RH7.1 .iso) that does not include devfs
without having problems?

    I've been completely unable to build a working kernel using either
the RH-2.96 or egcs -- the build either fails or gives me a kernel
that produces random segfaults, oopsen, and fs corruption.  I've tried
the .src.rpm on the .iso, the 2.4.3 patches and the CVS devel tree.

    Often I get oopses in rc.sysinit at about the time it tries to
activate quota support -- do I need quota support built in?

    I'm not exactly new at building kernels, but I'm no coder, and my
inability to build a working kernel with XFS support is frustrating me
to say the least.  Should I post ksymoops output, am I doing something
obviously wrong, or should I provide more [detailed | organized]
information?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Joseph Fannin
jhf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Bull in pure form is rare; there is usually some contamination by data."
    -- William Graves Perry Jr.


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