From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from canuck.com (the-gimp.canuck.com [216.248.224.12]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D463ABD52; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:53:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from the-gimp (the-gimp [216.248.224.12]) by canuck.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA19666422; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:48:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:48:46 -0600 From: Dave Lee X-Sender: davel@the-gimp To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-user@gentoo.org, drobbins@gentoo.org Subject: XFS Question (was [gentoo-dev] New sys-kernel tree layout) In-Reply-To: <1019574332.29189.66.camel@inventor.gentoo.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: d247db38-2087-49f6-a806-66b76dab6fd9 X-Archives-Hash: 4ecd038cf0d9fef586c159d513e4d68f 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