On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 16:24 -0500, David Thompson wrote: > Hi All, we've run into a problem with the xfs component in the centosplus > kernel (2.6.9-34.106.unsupportedsmp) where synchronous writes sometimes fail > with EAGAIN. It's causing headaches for DB2 installs and for our database > research group. There is a fix reported at: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs&m=110808122904352&w=2 > > ...that's supposed to take care of things. If there is any way these patches > could be included in a future centosplus kernel, we would greatly appreciate > it. We are enjoying the performance lift from xfs on many systems, and hate > to throw it away to get a database to work. > > Also, are there plans to produce a centosplus kernel that corresponds to the > newest RHEL errata kernel (2.6.9-34.0.1.EL)? > > Cheers and thanks, > > Dave Thompson > UW-Madison David, There is a centosplus kernel that has that errata ... it is version: kernel-2.6.9-34.107.plus.c4 However ... if the only thing you need from the centosplus kernel is the xfs ... you should use the normal (non-centosplus) kernel and the kernel-xfs-module that matches it from here: http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/RPMS/ or http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/x86_64/RPMS/ (That code is from SGI and has all the latest patches.) Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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