[gentoo-dev] Re: Kernel sources thread

[Duncan]

Carsten Lohrke posted <200407211304.37526.carlo@g.o>, excerpted
below,  on Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:04:31 +0200:

> I'll read the 2.6 changelogs and depending on what I read I set marks,
> when to consider to switch (again). My current mark is 2.6.10, but this
> may change, if I still have to read e.g. too much about code changes
> regarding reiserfs.

I take it this means you use reiserfs?  I do, for all my partitions.

You don't mention what kernel you are on now, but I'd strongly urge you to
switch to something with data=ordered (2.6.6-rc-something IIRC) support
if you haven't already (straight mainline kernel.org kernel, I'm talking,
here). IMO, it's /well/ worth it.

FWIW, 2.6.8-rc1 added data=journal mode support, I've been told, which may
be of interest to you for its stability, once there's a 2.6.8 full release
anyway, but ordered mode is perfect for my needs, and I'd DEFINITELY
recommend it to anyone using reiserfs, if they haven't switched to a
kernel using it already.

(I've been asked how one switches modes.  The answer at least for ordered
is that it's the default once you have a kernel that supports it.  Look at
the mount messages logged during boot to verify it, as they should say
using ordered mode if they are.  Given how verbose they made the at-boot
fscks (which I run thru a custom grep filter here, to filter out the
"noise"), I'm surprised the ordered thing isn't more obvious, but that may
reflect the fact that the guy that did the reiserfsck stuff isn't the guy
who did the kernel patches.)

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