[KLUG Members] [Fwd: Re: Request for XFS kernel rpms for the newly released RedHat 7.1 Linux kernel update]

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Just FYI.  XFS requires a _massive_amount_ of internal kernel
changes, especially in the VM system itself.  At the same time, I
would like to believe this is why I _never_ have problems with the
VM in kernel 2.4 (because SGI fixes a crapload simply because they
must for XFS to work ;-).

-- TheBS

-------- Original Message --------
From: Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: Request for XFS kernel rpms for the newly released
RedHat 7.1 Linux kernel update
To: Tomas Ericsson <te@matematik.su.se>
CC: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com

Working on it - see messages on the list, kernel rpms are not
created
overnight. We need to intergrate xfs into the specific revision of
the
kernel (which in redhat's case includes a large number of patches),
do
a fair amount of testing, and build the actual packages - oh and do
all
the other work we were doing too.

In the meantime if you are concerned about the security exploits you
can
build your own kernel using the cvs tree or patches on the xfs ftp
site.
2.4.12 or later fixes the problems.

Steve

> Hello,
> 
> First, thank you very much for providing the opensource community with the 
> XFS filesystem. I have been using it in a production environment for 
> some time now and I have had no problems at all, only increased 
> performance! :-)
> 
> As you may now RedHat has now released updated kernel rpm's for their 
> latest RedHat 7.1 Linux distribution. The updated Linux kernel is now 
> 2.4.9-6 . Check for yourself:
> 
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.1/en/os/i386/
> kernel-2.4.9-6.i386.rpm
> kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-6.i386.rpm
> kernel-doc-2.4.9-6.i386.rpm
> kernel-headers-2.4.9-6.i386.rpm
> kernel-source-2.4.9-6.i386.rpm
> 
> Could you please patch this one with XFS support and provide it at you 
> ftp-site like this (or something other appropriate):
> 
> ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.0.1/kernel_rpms/RHlinux-2.4
> .9/
> 
> Thanks in advance, it would be really nice if you did that quite soon 
> because there are some security flaws in the current 2.4.3-kernel.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Tomas Ericsson