Re: 2.4.14 with XFS and ext3: duplicate symbols?!

[Stephen Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:12:41 -0600, Stephen Lord wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > > Alternatively, use the cvs tree - it has ext3 in there now.
> > > I'm hesitating to use the CVS tree because of potential stability problems 
> -- I 
>
> > > need to use XFS on a production server, so I don't need any trouble. :-)
> > Well, the only differences are the core kernel changes from Linus et al, 
> > I don't think
> > anything has happened to XFS.
>
> Let me ask for clarification -- which CVS are we talking about? SGI's XFS 
> tree? Probably not, because it doesn't contain "core kernel" code?! So we are 
> talking about CVSROOT=':pserver:cvs@xxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs', right?
With the checkout line

  
cvs -z3 checkout linux-2.4-xfs

> Is the core kernel source  that is part of the CVS tree always up-to-date, as 
> you seem to suggest? Then I'm still hesitating to use it. I'd like to use only 
> released kernel versions, not intermediate versions, because the latter are 
> simply broken sometimes...

Yes they are - and so are the non intermediate ones ..... this tree does 
follow the linus
intermediate kernels, currently it is at 2.4.15-pre4, so if you do not 
want to touch these
then it is probably not for you. However, this may actually be Linus's 
last 2.4 kernel,
he did say 'I am done with 2.4' - so who gets to put out a 2.4.15 patch 
I don't really
know - maybe Linus, maybe Marcello.

Steve

> Thanks,
>
> Ralf