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Re: 1st message - xfs as a module under RH 7.3

To: Mark Knecht <mknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 1st message - xfs as a module under RH 7.3
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: 04 Oct 2002 11:52:37 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:42, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    Test message. Just subscribed.
> 
>    I am running a custom Linux kernel (2.4.19-ll) that I did not compile, so
> I can't rebuild it quickly to try out XFS.
> 
>    I'd like to find out if XFS can be loaded as a module so that I could do
> some testing for real-time audio applications.

xfs can be built as a module, but that module depends on things not in
the standard 2.4 kernel.  So you'll need to build an xfs-capable kernel
in any case.
 
>    If so, then what's the best way to proceed? Are there RPMs? I can't find
> one. If I should build from CVS, that's fine, but I'd like to get some
> instructions on how to load the modules.

Did you look on ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download for rpms?  There
are kernel rpms there for every official release.

-Eric
 


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