Re: XFS Question (was [gentoo-dev] New sys-kernel tree layout)

[Keith Gaddis]

I've had no problems using xfs; I likewise wonder however what
additional patches are in this kernel.  I'd kind of like to see what the
preempt and low-latency  patches do for my desktop responsiveness. 
Anybody know if that'll be included in the XFS sources?

On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 15:48, Dave Lee wrote:
>
> Daniel Robbins wrote:
> > xfs-sources:
> >
> > The xfs-sources ebuild installs sources that support XFS; specifically,
> > this ebuild contains a CVS snapshot of SGI's own XFS source tree.  In
> > the future, we may add other minor (and stable) performance-enhancing
> > patches as well.  We've found that using a SGI XFS CVS shapshot is the
> > best way to go if you're going to use the XFS filesystem.  If any of
> > your Gentoo Linux filesystems are XFS, then, you'll need to use this
> > kernel.
>
> so when you say "minor (and stable) performance-enhancing patches" does
> this include the patches that are in gentoo-sources ?  Also, what sort of
> problems where occuring with with XFS, because I am having some problems
> with my machine (hard hangs/resets).  Anybody having severe problems that
> are due to XFS?
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
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