Re: [CentOS] XFS and CentOS 4.3

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]



Mark Strong wrote:
> Hi All, after looking around for info on XFS(the filesystem) and its use
> on CentOS and/or RHEL 4.  There seems to be a lot of noise about 4K
> Stacks (especially on linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx).

you might want to dig into that noise...


> 
> So what is the best way to get XFS working with CentOS 4.3 ? And not
> have something like this happening.

follow the centos-xfs-kernel-rpm process, you already highlighted.

>> You don't want to use the XFS in the centosplus kernel. It has major
>> known issues with 4K stacks (leading to overflows). Use the
>> kernel-module-xfs (or somesuch) RPM instead, and you should have better
>> luck.
> 
> Do I need a kernel with 8K stacks?

thats a decisions for you to take :)

> 
> and is this
> 
> http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/RPMS/kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-0.1-3.i686.rpm
> 
> the "kernel-module-xfs" RPM he was talking about (or equivalent for
> `uname -r` equals 2.6.9-34.ELsmp).
> 
yes


-- 
Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[Index of Archives]     [CentOS]     [CentOS Announce]     [CentOS Development]     [CentOS ARM Devel]     [CentOS Docs]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Carrier Grade Linux]     [Linux Media]     [Asterisk]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Xorg]     [Linux USB]
  Powered by Linux