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Re: Use CVS version or kernel patch?

To: Hristo Grigorov <Hristo.Grigorov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Use CVS version or kernel patch?
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:30:09 -0500
Cc: Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011008090816.03ebe8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20011008144630.FSNN26796.fep02-app.kolumbus.fi@there>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Hristo Grigorov wrote:

> Hmm, may I have more information on that ? I have VIA system but I thought
> that the other subsystems of the kernel are taking care about dealing with
> it. I didn't know every FS implementation have to implement workarround for
> that...

XFS doesn't do anything with system chipsets, I think Seth just meant that the
later kernels might fix VIA problems.  The "official" XFS 1.0.1 release is
against 2.4.5, so if you need fixes in kernels after that, you'll need to go
with a CVS snapshot patch.

-Eric

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