> Hi
>
> I'm running linux 2.4.7-pre6-xfs on a production server. It's a debian potato
> installation with some self compiled packages from sid to get all the kernel
> dependences fulfilled. I used gcc 2.95.2 to compile the kernel (and all other
> stuff).
>
> Everything works fine and I'd like to thank you for your work. The system is
> now up for over two monthes and I have never had any problems. XFS is a great
> filesystem :)
>
> Now, I have to add more RAM to the server. And as I have to reboot the machin
> e
> for that, I thought I probably should update the kernel too.
>
> What do you guys recommend?
>
> 1) No kernel update
> 2) Go with patches/linux-2.4.9-xfs-2001-08-26.patch.bz2
> 3) Wait for linux-2.4.10 and the corresponding patch
I would hold off on 2.4.10 - there have been some major kernel changes
which will affect XFS, it may take a while to shake out the bugs. The 2.4.9
version appears to be running OK. I would see if you get any other feedback
from the list about this, you should also ask yourself if you should change
a working combination. If you have had no problems with the kernel you
have been running and do not need to update for some specific bug fix
then the least risky option is to stay with this version, you should
certainly keep it available as a fallback option.
>
> For the last option I would have to build the kernel on an other system
> because 2.4.10 needs at least gcc 2.95.3 and I don't want do update the
> compiler (or any other important system packages apart from the kernel) on
> the production server.
>
I have managed to build the latest pre kernel using kgcc which is egcs-2.91.66
so this may no longer be true.
> Thank you.
>
> -Jade.
>
Steve
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