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

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Subject: Re: back-port patches for xfs to pre 2.4 kernels
From: Russel Ingram <ringram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:49:03 -0600
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:33:34PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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
> 
> -- 
> Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
> sandeen@xxxxxxx   SGI, Inc.

That's what I figured but since I haven't had any success in making 
the boot disk tools work so far I thought I'd check.

Thanx,
Russ

-- 
Russel H. Ingram
Gargoyle Computer Consulting
(307)742-1361 or (307)760-1317
www.gargoylecc.com


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