Re: 2.4.20-18 Red Hat errata kernel with XFS 1.2.0

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 16:28, Austin Gonyou wrote:

> 
> Could it be possible to modularize the XFS? Kind of like an XFS
> patch-less install? I dunno if that's possible, somewhat like how some
> of these driver installers work now a days for linux?

You need core kernel changes to support XFS... especially in 2.4.9!  So
a patch-less install.... nope.

OTOH we are talking about distributing the next release in 2 packages,
an "xfs-ready" kernel, and an xfs-module RPM.  That way xfs can
beupdated without a new kernel install, as long as the interface does
not change.

Not sure if we'll get this done, but I've been kicking it around.

-Eric

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