Re: Confused about which patch to take

[Nathan Straz <nstraz@sgi.com>]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 11:51:54AM -0800, Gabe E. Nydick wrote:
> I need to try an upgrade to 2.4.17, but when I go to ftp://oss.sgi.com, in
> the Release-1.0.2 dir, there is only a patch for 2.4.14.  Then when I look
> in patches, there is linux-2.4.17-xfs-2002-02-03.cvs-patch.bz2 which looks
> like an entire patched kernel.  Then in the patches/2.4.17 dir there is
> 2.4.17 but from Jan 23, not Feb 03.  What do I get?????


Release-1.0.2
	Our last fully tested release

patches/linux-2.4.17-xfs-2002-02-03.cvs-patch.bz2
	A diff from 2.4.17 with our CVS repository on Feb 03.  This
	includes all of the CVS directories so you can run `cvs up`

patches/2.4.17/
	Patches that are split based on functional area.  These take a
	lot of work and are done on an as needed basis.  They help
	others interested in integrating XFS into their kernels
	understand what makes up the XFS patch. 

If you need to move up to 2.4.17, I would suggest the patches in
patches/2.4.17.  Test the kernel thoroughly before putting it in a
production environment. 
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