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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:12:02 -0600
Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:18:09 -0500
> "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:35:54 -0600
> > Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > [snip]
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> > >
> > > No flame bait intended. I have no objection to xfs; I may even try
> > > it some day. "Most people who care about their data ..." is, of
> > > course, flame bait as well. The one thing I won't do (based on the
> > > comments I found in the xfs archives) is use an experimental
> > > kernel and expect from xfs developers the "amazing amount of
> > > patience" you have experienced, most especially not if I'm running
> > > the accursed distro.
> >
> > What exactly are you referring to as an "experimental" kernel? The
> > only experimental kernels I'm aware of are some of the hacked
> > kernels Gentoo uses. Both RH and Debian use relatively conservative
> > patches. I personally use a vanilla kernel. But 2.6.7 (the latest)
> > isn't any more experimental than the latest 2.4.x kernel.
>
> The three most common that I see on the gentoo listings (information,
> not complaints, interestingly enough) are the mm, ck, and love kernels
> probably in that order from experimental to just plain wild. Two of
> the complaints I reviewed from xfs referenced these. mm is typically a
> little bit ahead of the vanilla kernels, and feeds back into the
> vanilla kernels, as I understand it.
Yes, but kernel patches, even those often seemingly unrelated, interfere
with each other. So complaining to XFS developers about non-vanilla
kernels is wrong. You should ask the mm, ck, and/or love kernel
maintainers what they did to toast XFS and how can it be fixed. If I
were an XFS developer, that's the reply you'd get from me - my code
works, mm/ck/love screwed it up, tell them.
mm may feed back, but only after certain problems are fixed. Linux is
very good about merging patches to ensure there are no code clashes.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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