The XFS merge from 2.4.5 to 2.4.6 was non-trivial, luckily we had smart
guys like Steve and Keith around to do it. :) If you're starting with
the patch manpage, you may be in for a lot of work.
I do plan to put out 2.4.6 patches, but I'd like to expose them to some
internal testing before we slap "1.0.1" on it. After I get a bit of
confidence in them, I can put them out as "testing."
-Eric
alan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Not to sound too bleeding edge, but I would like to begin a test project for
> work that involves, among other things, xfs as the filesystem.
> I see that there is an 8.0 mb patch difference between linux 2.4.5 and 2.4.6,
> so I'd prefer using the latter. The nfs and memory fixes that occurred in the
> days since the 2.4.6 patch was created and 2.4.5 1.0.1 release are what I am
> interested in really.
>
> Alternatively, does anyone know how I might convert a 2.4.5-xfs patched
> kernel to 2.4.6? After perusing manpages for patch, diff, and diff3, I
> haven't a clue as to how I could create a patch for one modified kernel
> version, that would take one set of modifications (xfs) and apply them to
> what is essentially a foriegn environment (2.4.6) for it.
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