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Re: What is needed for a stable 2.4 based system?

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: What is needed for a stable 2.4 based system?
From: Rainer Krienke <krienke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:04:55 +0100
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Montag, 10. Februar 2003 14:08, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Rainer Krienke wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to set up a nfs file server using xfs as the filesystem
> > (~1TBytes). The server should of course run as stable as possible. So
> > what I would like to know is what patches I need to get a stable system.
> > Here is what I downloaded:
> >
> > - - kernel 2.4.20 (from kernel.org)
> > - - the xfs patch for 2.4.20 (xfs-2.4.20-all-i386) from
> > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/2.4.20/
> >
> > Are there any futher patches needed.
> > Is anyone using xfs in a production environment with a similar
> > configuration?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rainer
> > - --
> > -
- -- > For starters, the patch you downloaded is a development snapshot, so if
> it's stable, you're just lucky - it has not undergone extensive testing.
>
> If you want patches that have been internally tested at SGI, get one
> of the Release 1.2pre5 patches from SGI - it is expected that this is the
> code which will be released as 1.2-final.
>

I looked in 

ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.2pre5/kernel_patches/

but there is no patch for 2.4.20 only for 2.4.19. Am I looking in the wrong 
place or will it simply take somewhat more time until there is a stable patch 
for 2.4.20?

Thanks Rainer
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