Re: Patches, again...

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Andrew Klaassen wrote:

> Hi, all.
> 
> I've been searching through the archives, trying to figure out
> what the README in oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/
> means, and haven't been able to nail it down.  Quote:
> 
>   patch-2.4.x-xfs-cvs-<date>.bz2
>         ...Do not use this patch unless you are willing stay
>         up-to-date with "current".
> 
> As I understand it from reading earlier mail on the subject, the
> -cvs- patches are just snapshots of the CVS tree taken every
> once in a while, with no testing, etc.  I _do_ want to stay up
> to date with "current" XFS code, for the most part - I want the
> fixes since 1.0.1 - but as I understand it, I _don't_ want this
> patch, since it's probably not stable and may not even compile.
> 
>   patch-2.4.x-xfs-<date>.bz2
>         ...Patches to take a vanilla linux 2.4.x tree to an xfs
>         capable kernel.
> 
> But what does "an xfs capable kernel" mean in this case?  Do the
> patches produce a kernel with XFS-1.0.1?  Or do they incorporate
> fixes that have occured since then (which is what I want)?

This patch contains fixes that also are in the CVS tree. The only 1.0.1 is
the 2.4.3 or 2.4.5 kernel that come on the CD.

The cvs patch is for setting up a local CVS tree without doing it
completely with cvs which is rather bandwidth inefficient.

If you want to have a linus kernel with XFS the latter patch is what you
want.

The CVS tree tracks the linux -pre series which might be a bit to new for
you.

Cheers
Seth