> Intergrating XFS in the mainstream kernel won't make the patching
process
> any easier. XFS interacts with the VM and will thus always require work.
But supposedly, things get tested before released in an official kernel
version.
> In the mean time I am happily running XFS on my production servers with
> good results and have had no (knock on wood) XFS related problems in the
> past half year.
While I haven't had problems with the functionality, but I've run into
a number of problems in the patching/compiling area. If I want to use the
pre-patched kernel source available for download, that's always easy, but
trying to patch other versions isn't always a walk in the park, and I
prefer having greater freedom to choose the kernel version that I want.
It's a real pain in the read when you need a certain kernel version for
one device, another kernel version to make your file system work, another
kernel version for something else....
> They are working it. It needs time. Rome was not built in a day. We are
> stil working on the little shack in the back :-)
I know. Like I said, I'm not complaining or griping. You guys are
doing amazing things, and I'm extremely appreciative. I hope that my
comments were constructive. : )
steve
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