Re: XFS on Linux on Alpha

[Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:50:09 -0500, 
Theo Schlossnagle <jesus@omniti.com> wrote:
>The patches have changed a bit since I last tried XFS on non-i386 
>machines.  I notice an ia64 patch, but no alpha patch.  Is there 
>something I have to do specific to my alpha to get it to run?  I was 
>planning on snagging the patch against 2.4.20 and applying that.  
>Should I fetch all the split parts and leave out the i386 and ia64 
>parts?

That depends on how close your alpha kernel tree is to Marcelo's
2.4.20.  If alpha is close to 2.4.20 then start with XFS CVS and apply
any diffs required for a normal alpha build.  If alpha is significantly
different from standard 2.4.20 then applying the split patches to a
working alpha kernel might be a better option.

In either case, you need to define the xattr syscall numbers on alpha,
neither the CVS nor split patches contain alpha syscall updates.  The
ia64 split patch only contains default config and syscall changes, you
need to develop the equivalent for alpha.

There may be a respin of the XFS split patches this week, to bring the
snapshot in sync with CVS, but no promises.