Greg,
Are there any advantages to me using the Mantel/SuSE kernel over the latest
sources from sgi?
Thanks,
Anthon
> Anthony,
>
> The notes at
> ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/suse/people/mantel/ne
>xt/kernel-source.changes give you some of what you are asking about.
>
> Per the above, it is based on the 2.4.19-pre8aa1 kernel. I believe that
> already has the XFS patches in it, so you could look into what it has.
>
> For details, I guess you need to download the source RPM and read the
> specfile.
>
> Greg
>
> >> > Since you are using a SuSE distribution, have you thought about
> >> > using
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >> > SuSE experimental kernel from
> >> > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/next/RPM/
> >> >
> >> > It has all the standard SuSE patches and includes a relatively
> >> > recent
> >>
> >> XFS.
> >>
> >> > Possibly XFS v1.1, but I'm not sure.
> >>
> >> I have the Mantel's latest kernel installed on my laptop however I'm
> >> not certain what it is that I have. What I mean by that is how do I
> >> find out what XFS version and patch level do I have so that I can
> >> decide on patch upgrades? I know it says kernel 2.4.18 however is it
> >> really 2.4.19 pre... .
> >> As you can see, I'm not certain of the versions and patch levels
> >> contained
> >>
> >> within the Mantel stuff.
> >>
> >> Anthony
> >>
> >> > FYI: The stock SuSE 8.0 kernel also has XFS support, but the ACL
> >>
> >> handling
> >>
> >> > is broken in such a way that xfsdump/xfsrestore don't handle ACLs
> >> > correctly.
> >> >
> >> > Greg Freemyer
> >> > Internet Engineer
> >> > Deployment and Integration Specialist
> >> > Compaq ASE - Tru64
> >> > Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
> >> > The Norcross Group
> >> > www.NorcrossGroup.com
> >> >
> >> > >> Steve,
> >> > >> What do you recommend that I use since the box I'm building is
> >> > >> a development
> >> > >> box for myself which I will be using for development purposes
> >> > >> and
> >>
> >> thus
> >>
> >> > >> will
> >> > >> be using other cvs sources from other opesource projects as
> >> > >> well?
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Anthony
> >> > >>
> >> > >> > On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 13:26, Anthony W. Marino wrote:
> >> > >> > > I'm building/setting-up a new server SuSE 7.3 which will
> >>
> >> include
> >>
> >> > >> > > 3ware (7810) ide raid (10 or 5) with brand new drives and
> >> > >> > > most likely LVM
> >> > >>
> >> > >> too.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> > > Should I get the kernel from oss.sgi.com cvs
> >> > >> > > (CVSROOT=":pserver:cvs@xxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs" linux-2.4-xfs) or
> >> > >> > > is there another location/process that I should entertain?
> >> > >> > > Also
> >>
> >> what
> >>
> >> > >> > > kernel release does the oss.sgi.com cvs sources give me?
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > Thank You,
> >> > >> > > Anthony
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Right now it gives you 2.4.19-pre9 with xfs and kdb (which
> >> > >> > you probably do not care about). There are fixes in this tree
> >> > >> > which
> >>
> >> are
> >>
> >> > >> > not available anywhere else, it is the most direct link to
> >> > >> > XFS development. Of course this also possibly means there are
> >> > >> > bugs in this tree which are not available anywhere else.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Steve
>
> Greg Freemyer
> Internet Engineer
> Deployment and Integration Specialist
> Compaq ASE - Tru64
> Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
> The Norcross Group
> www.NorcrossGroup.com
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