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

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>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 ;-).

As a user of BS-Ware PRO I can atest that it seems the VM is much less spastic
than stock BS-Ware/RedHat.  I have still seen it freak out however,  but only
under extreme memory pressure.  Once it starts to really acquire swap space it
almost seems like it can't stop.  The diffrence between kernel+XFS and
kernel=>2.4.12 is still quite noticable.  Like that first April morning when the
sunlight is actually warm again.  Not drastic, but quite pleasent.

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