Re: Use CVS version or kernel patch?

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:47 8-10-2001 -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> > On Monday 08 October 2001 10:08, Seth Mos wrote:
> > > At 08:53 8-10-2001 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > >I'm going to set up a new machine with substantially more disk space I
> > > >used to have before, and I wonder if I should use the XFS CVS version
> > > >or the kernel patch.
> > > >
> > > >(Forgive me if this is in the FAQ, I haven't found it.)
> > >
> > > Depends on the hardware. If you have a VIA based system better use 
> the CVS
> > > version.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> >
> > 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...
>
> I presume Seth is referring to core kernel changes, there is nothing in XFS
> related to different architectures of chip.
Correct, there have been a lot of core fixes related to corruption and 
instability.
Cheers

--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.