Re: back-port patches for xfs to pre 2.4 kernels

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

Russel Ingram wrote:
> 
> I think I probably already know the answer to this question but I
> figure it doesn't hurt to ask anyway.  Is there any possibility that
> a patch could be made to add support to a 2.2.19 kernel?  The only
> reason I would want this is due to the fact that the Debian woody i386
> kernel is still at 2.2.19 and the tools for building custom boot disks
> don't quite work right if I try to supply them with a 2.4 kernel for xfs.

SGI has no plans to backport XFS to 2.2, I think you will find it much easier to
fix the boot disk creation tools than to backport XFS.  :)

-Eric

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