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Shanon Loveridge wrote: |
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> I was wondering now that it doesn't look like XFS is |
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> the preffered filesystem to gentoo (Not in gentoo |
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> sources and it doesn't look like it will go into the |
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> standard kernel) what is the preffered / recommended |
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> filesystem for gentoo? |
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I use XFS because I like acls and feel not confortable with ext3 + acl patch |
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(maybe I'm wrong). XFS works well. (there are a couple of glitches in |
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reporting errors |
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"preserving permissions", but probably it will be the same with ext[23] |
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acl). |
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I use "2.4.18-xfs". |
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There's no thing like Gentoo "default" kernel. You must |
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choose the kernel during installation. |
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The so called "gentoo" kernel is a pached and powered kernel, choosen to |
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offer more features than vanilla kernel, but not required in order to |
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execute the |
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Gentoo distribution. |
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Unfortunally, the preemptive kernel patch conflicts with current |
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version of XFS, |
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and may cause data curruption. I don't know if just disabling the |
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complile-time |
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option in the gentoo-patched kernel will allow xfs to run (I wouln't try |
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it out on |
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a production machine :-). You will probably have to use the xfs-sources |
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kernel, but |
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you will not have all the goodies a gentoo-patched kernel will have, but |
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it works well. |
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The issues of the gentoo kernels are identical thoughout the linux |
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community |
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because the kernel *is* Linux and it's identical in all linux |
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distribution. Gentoo |
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gives you more freedom in choosing the kernel, and the filesystem. |
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Look at the kernel ebuild files in /usr/portage/sys-kernel/* |
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in some ebuilds you will see the list of patches that will be applied to |
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that kernel. |
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What filesystem do you like more? |
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Does anyone use ext3 + acl ? |
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Does anyone depend on the goodies in gentoo-kernel (vfat symlinks, EVMS, |
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preemptive kernel....), in production systems ? |
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Regards, |
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Marko |