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Re: stable release?

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: stable release?
From: Arjen Wolfs <arjen@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:48:33 +0200
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3BC4B1B3.10692C65@xxxxxxx>
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011010222046.0253bd78@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
At 22:38 10-10-2001, you wrote:
Hi Arjen -

Yes, there will be another "stable" release of XFS for Linux, but when/what it
will be is the question. With test resources here spread between projects, and
the wild gyrations of the underlying kernel, it's hard to predict that
particular bit of the future.  :)

Mandrake recently released their 8.1 system, with an xfs-capable 2.4.8 kernel
that underwent heavy testing. So that might not be a bad place to start if you
want a recent, tested, xfs-capable kernel.

Right now I'm using 2.4.6 with the linux-2.4.6-xfs-07052001.patch which is stable but has very poor VM performance (especially when writing), I will just hold out until something "stable" with the post-2.4.10 VM improvements appears. I've had too much trouble with the 2.4 series already to be trying more "random" kernels unless I know that if I get it to work there will be a noticable improvement...

Don't let Linux's VM-of-the-day get you down, keep up the good work :)

/Arjen


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