Can I ask which Linux distribution you're running?
The reason I ask is that SGI, as you probably well know, has a full Red
Hat setup, based currently on RH7.1. It installs wonderfully, and you can
then download their current kernel builds...in RPM format, even.
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Steve Wolfe wrote:
> > When will be the XFS patch integrated to main tree?
>
> (snip)
>
> >> I'm really fed up with trying to get linux-2.4.9 + acXX or preXX + xfs
> >> together.
>
> (snip)
>
> >>> I would hold off on 2.4.10 - there have been some major kernel changes
> >>> which will affect XFS, it may take a while to shake out the bugs. The
> 2.4.9
> >>> version appears to be running OK. I would see if you get any other
> feedback
>
> I'd just like to add, for the record, that while I really do love XFS,
> because of things like the above statement from Steve Lord, I really can't
> use it on my production machines until it is tied into the regular kernel
> tree. I imagine that you're already doing everything that you can to get
> it integrated, I'm not griping, just giving (hopefully) constructive
> feedback.
>
> steve
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