"Ian! D. Allen [NCFreeNet]" wrote: > > I'm trying to pick a kernel for ext3. > > Looking at the web page (http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/), I see > little that clues me in to the fact that "most" of ext3 is already in > (some|most|all) of the 2.4 series kernels. > > Am I correct that most of the patches listed on the web page now are > actually bug fixes to the existing ext3 code, as opposed to previous > patches that actually added ext3 functionality to the stock kernels? > New arrivals to the page will want to know that, especially given all > the out-of-date documentation floating around the Net saying you have > to patch to add ext3 to the kernel. > > As best I understand what I see on the web page, patches get put there > because of the time lag in getting them into the actual kernel. A patch > put on the web page for kernel X.Y is eventually rolled into kernel X.Z > (for some Z > Y) and the patch is unneccessary for anyone running kernels > X.P for all P >= Z. Yup. Before ext3 was integrated, the patches were of course whole-filesystem additions. After Alan (and later Linus) merged the filesystem, the web page became a staging area for patches, for people to test prior to submitting the patch for mainstream inclusion. Nowadays, the lag between the posting of a patch and its inclusion at kernel.org is about one week. It's been suggested that I add "this was integrated in x.y.z" to the changelog. I need to do that... If you're looking for a kernel, I'd suggest 2.4.18-pre7. It works OK and has current ext3.
