On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:14:24AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > For various technical reasons, I cannot move to a > > later kernel, but it would be great if I can build the latest xfs modules > > and xfs support code for 2.6.23. Does anybody know if this is possible, and > > if it is possible, will it work reliably? > > The kernel code is not so simple. Indeed, if you're not a kernel > programmer and familiar with the XFS code, then I'd put it in the > impossible basket. It'll take at least 3 months to do the backport > and adequately test it for production use, and that's if you pay an > expert to do it. > > It's far, far simpler to just upgrade your machines to a more recent > distribution that it is to backport code to kernels that old.... Indeed. If you insist on an old kernel version with a semi recent XFS please get a RHEL/Centos 5 kernel. That one is actually labelled 2.6.18 but contains many fixes and updated components, including a relatively new XFS codebase. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
