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XFS: A high-performance journaling filesystem
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Consistent with our recent letter to the open source community
<a href="http://oss.sgi.com/letter_100103.txt">(http://oss.sgi.com/letter_100103.txt)</a>
SGI has removed and replaced a trivial number of code segments in
XFS that may arguably be related to UNIX code. These changes are in
three areas: macros used to define and manipulate the extended
inode mode bits (in xfs_vnode.h), macros for filesystem quota
operations (in dqblk_xfs.h), and the data copying function
uiomove() (in move.c). These revisions also
required insignificant changes to other files that interact with
the revised code. We encourage you to move promptly to this
version of XFS.
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This code is now available for download from our open source
repository at
<a href="http://oss.sgi.com>http://oss.sgi.com,</a>
Initially we have provided
updated kernel patches for recent 2.4 series kernels, updated
user space tools, and an updated version of the XFS 1.3
release. The CVS repositories for the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels are
also available. Please contact
<a href="mailto:xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com">xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com</a>.
with any questions about this XFS update.
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SGI's XFS filesystem for Linux is a high-performance journaling
filesystem that provides rapid recovery from system crashes
and the ability to support extremely large disk farms.
XFS is licensed under the GPL.
For a listing of the capabilities and specifications
of XFS, see
<a href="features.html">XFS for Linux Features</a>.
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SGI XFS Linux is available in the following versions:
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<b>XFS Release 1.3.1</b>
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This release is available for stock 2.4.21,
as well as the Red Hat Linux 9
2.4.20-20.9 kernel.
For information on the many changes since XFS Linux
release 1.2, please see the
<a href="ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.3.1/1.3ChangesSince1.2">
XFS 1.3 Changelog</A>.
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<b>The XFS development tree</b>
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This is a current snapshot of
the XFS development code. For information on installing the development code,
see <a href="devtree.html">Installing the XFS Development Tree</a>.
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For a listing of the current Linux XFS patch
sets that are available for downloading, see
<a href="patchlist.html">the Linux XFS patch sets</a>.
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For information on the administration of XFS filesystems,
see
<a href="1.2_admin.html">Working with XFS Filesystems</a></li>.
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Questions and Problems
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If you have any questions or problems with the installation or
administration of XFS for Linux, you can
send email to
<a href="mailto:linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com">linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com</a>.
Note that this address is a public mailing list; please search the
<A HREF="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs&r=1&w=2">list archives</A>
to see if your
question has been answered previously.
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To report bugs you encounter in XFS for Linux, use
<a href="http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/">
SGI's Bugzilla database</a>.
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