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SGI XFS Linux Release 1.0

On May 1 2001, SGI made available Release 1.0 of its high-end XFS file system for Linux. XFS for Linux version 1.0 works with a Linux 2.4.x-based kernel.

For links to articles on XFS and journaled filesystems, see XFS in the News.

XFS Availability and Release Caveats

SGI XFS Linux Release 1.0 is available as a patch against linux-2.4.2 and linux-2.4.3. XFS 1.0 is distribution-independent. An installer for Red Hat Linux v7.1 is available today. Other installers are under development in the community. The Red Hat Linux installation media installs a Red Hat Linux v7.1 system with XFS on root, or any other partition, right out of the box.

For information on the software changes that have been made since SGI XFS Linux Prerelease version 0.10, see the XFS for Linux Release 1.0 New Features page.

Before installing the XFS filesystem for Linux, you should look over the XFS for Linux Release 1.0 Caveats for a list of limitations, requirements, and special instructions for this release.

Installation Notes and Instructions

Because this release requires a 2.4.2 kernel, it may require some updates to your system if you are currently running the 2.2.x series kernels. Please see the latest Linux 2.4 Changes document for details on the minimum levels of software necessary to install and run a Linux 2.4.2 kernel.

Step by step instructions are provided for the following installations:

Source installation
Red Hat RPM installation
System installer

Working with XFS Filesystems

Information on XFS filesystems is available in the XFS FAQ and the XFS man pages. The following pages provide additional information:

For a listing of the capabilities and specifications of XFS, see XFS for Linux Features
For general administration instructions, see Working with XFS Filesystems
For instructions on converting a root partition to be an XFS root, see Making a Linux XFS Root
For information on using the Data Management API (DMAPI) within the XFS filesystem, see The Data Management API.

Linux XFS vs. IRIX XFS

There are some minor differences in the implementation of Linux XFS and IRIX XFS. These differences are summarized in Linux XFS and IRIX XFS.

Quality Assurance

Extensive testing of XFS Linux 1.0 was done to ensure the quality of this product.

The following configurations were tested:

variety of hardware platforms
SCSI
Fibre Channel
single spindle disks
RAID disks
devfs
MD disk volume manager
LVM disk volume manager
high memory
low memory

XFS passed the following test suites:

fsstress test suite
Regression Test System (RTS) file system test suite
fstest (includes large file testing)
bonnie
dbench
dump/restore

NFS testing:

tested both NFS V3 and V2 over UDP
tested as a NFS server with a variety of clients using connectathon basic, special, and locking tests
tested as a Linux client

Questions and Problems

If you have any questions or problems with the installation or administration of XFS for Linux, you can send email to linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com.
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