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To: Robert Sander <gurubert-news@epigenomics.com>
cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: process hang with xfs 1.0.1 
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Comments: In-reply-to Robert Sander <ml-linux-xfs@epigenomics.com>
   message dated "Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:12:27 -0000."
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:26:54 -0500
From: Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com>
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> On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:08:02 +0000 (UTC),
>  Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com> wrote:
> > In general I would recommend trying a newer kernel in situations like
> > this. There are plenty of bugfixes in both the mainline kernel and
> > the xfs code itself - we do not have the resources to backport the
> > fixes to an earlier kernel and repackage it.
> 
> I know, I tried 2.4.12 but the aacraid patch for the Dell RAID
> controller didn't work. :-( So I had to stick with 2.4.5, and
> XFS 1.0.1 and 2.4.5 is the official XFS release by SGI, so it should
> work, shouldn't it?

Well, the only things we touch in the kernel are XFS and some small
changes to the mainline kernel to make the interfaces we need available
to user space and some extensions in the buffer cache and vm for delayed
allocation writes. Anything below the block layer, or in any device driver
is purely off the shelf (from Linus's tree or from Redhat depending on
the pachage). The point of us packaging a release was to make XFS available
in an easier to swallow form, not to provide a complete linux distribution.

The 2.4.3 kernel rpm in 1.0.1 is a modification of the redhat 7.1 kernel,
the 2.4.5 kernel is a vanilla linux kernel. We are working on getting
things going in the redhat 7.2 kernel (due out real soon now). This may
offer a new package, I am not sure if we will be packaging things as we
have done in the past yet though.

The new mandrake (8.1) release also includes xfs, I cannot speak for
their driver support as I have not looked and tend not to use much
beyond the basics myself.

Hopefully other people on the list can suggest other kernel versions which
will work with your hardware.

Steve

> Greetings
> -- 
> Robert Sander
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