XFS for Linux Release 1.1 supports x86 and IA-64 architectures. It provides bug fixes and general performance improvements to XFS Linux Release 1.0.2. For a list of changes and bugfixes that have been made since the 1.0.2 release, see the XFS for Linux Release 1.1 Change Log.
Before installing the XFS filesystem for Linux, you should look over the XFS for Linux Release 1.1 Caveats for a list of limitations, requirements, and special instructions for this release.
XFS Linux Release 1.1 is available through the following distributions mechanisms:
Source installation
SGI XFS Linux Release 1.1 is available as a patch against linux-2.4.18. XFS 1.1 is distribution-independent.
For a source installation, you start with a "vanilla" linux-2.4.18 tarball (linux-2.4.18.tar.gz, or linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2) and apply patches to obtain an XFS-capable kernel. For XFS Linux Release 1.1 XFS comes as a single patch. A KDB (built-in kernel debugger) patch is also available.
You can download the release 1.1 patch files for both x86 and IA-64 architectures.
For instructions on creating the XFS tree with patchfiles, see Installing from the Source.
RPMs
RPMs based on Red Hat's kernel source have been provided for Intel, AMD, and IA-64 architectures. See Installing XFS from the RPM Packages.