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XFS: Source Code
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There are several ways to access the current XFS code.

<ul>
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<li><b>Mainline kernels</b>
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XFS has been maintained in the official Linux kernel
<a href="http://www.kernel.org/">kernel trees</a> starting with Linux 2.4
and is frequently updated with the latest stable fixes and
features from the SGI XFS development team.
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<li><b>Vendor kernels</b>
<br>
All modern Linux distributions include support for XFS.
SGI actively works with <a href="http://www.suse.com/">
SUSE</a> to provide a supported version of XFS in that
distribution.
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<li><b>XFS userspace</b>
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Sgi also provides <a href="ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs">source code taballs</a> of the xfs userspace tools. These tarballs
form the basis of the xfsprogs packages found in Linux distributions. 
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<li><b>CVS web</b>
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Browse the XFS source trees.
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/linux-2.6-xfs/">2.6.x-xfs</a> </li>
<li> <a href="http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/xfs-cmds/">xfs-cmds</a> </li>
</ul>
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<li><b>CVS trees</b>
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Direct CVS access to the most recent XFS changes.  See below.
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</ul>

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Using CVS trees
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<p> <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/new_users.html">CVS for new users</a>
contains links to general CVS documentation.
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Set the CVSROOT environment variable.
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<br><tt>$ export CVSROOT=':pserver:cvs@oss.sgi.com:/cvs'</tt>
<br><tt><i>(for sh, bash, ksh, or similar shells)</i></tt>
<br><tt>$ setenv CVSROOT&nbsp; :pserver:cvs@oss.sgi.com:/cvs</tt>
<br><tt><i>(for csh or tcsh shells)</i></tt>
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Login to the CVS server (this only needs to be done ONCE, not every time you access CVS).
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<br><tt>$ cvs login</tt>
<br><i>(the password is "</i>cvs<i>")</i>
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Now grab the XFS source tree(s) of interest:&nbsp;
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<br><tt>$ cvs checkout linux-2.6-xfs</tt>
<br><tt>$ cvs checkout xfs-cmds</tt>
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<p>Subsequently, you can checkout new code using:&nbsp;
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<br><tt>$ cvs update -d</tt>
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