XFS patch for gentoo-sources 2.4.19-gentoo-r1

[bob_t]

I searched around, but didn't see discussion of this anywhere, so here goes. Sorry if it is a duplicate.

Some kind soul released an XFS patch for the gentoo sources. I applied it last night, and as they say, "it works for me." YMMV.

You can get the patch at:

http://www.SuxOS.org/~styx/gentoo/linux ... .patch.bz2

Here's what I did, largely duplicated from the gentoo-user mailing list:

emerge rsync
emerge gentoo-sources
cd /usr/src
wget the patch; bunzip2 it
apply the patch: patch -p0 < linux-gentoo-2.4.19-r1-r2.patch

and then make the kernel as normal, using either your old config or making a new one. Copy over the bzImage to /boot and you should be good to go.

note: I'm not the author of this patch. I just applied it and it rocks - new kernel with all the preempt stuff plus XFS. For all I know, it could eat your disk, or as the author of the patch said "kill your mother in law"

There is a noticeable enhancement in speed while doing desktop stuff over 2.4.17r5, which is what I was running earlier. If you want more info, search the mailing list. Enjoy!

[Nitro]

I've noticed alot of talk about this on the mailing-list too, I haven't tried it yet.

Anyone who does try it, I think others, myself included, would like to hear how it goes.

I think this topic deserves to be sticky, I bet this question will get asked alot.

[crashman]

I am also using this patch. I'm using it on a SMP machine so no worries if you got one also.

[mdpye]

I thought the XFS patches where fully integrated into the gentoo kernal sources. I know I am runninf XFS on my / and /home partitions without changing anything from my 1.0 release (built from scratch).

Also, what is the difference between gentoo-sources and linux-sources? They seem to have the same revisions, so what is different?

MP

[rachaef]

There is no linux-sources anymore. It's all explained in the old linux-sources ebuild script:
/usr/portage/sys-kernel/linux-sources/linux-sources-2.4.19-r1.ebuild

rachaef

[Nitro]

The guy who made the original gentoo-source -> xfs-source patch has updated his patch. Below is the quote from the mailing list.

I've cleaned up the XFS patch and upgraded it to XFS 1.1. Feel free to test
it, but keep in mind it is just as experimental as the previous one.

Changes:
XFS 1.1 (in stead of an old CVS snapshot)
Quota works
General cleanup

I would really appreciate if you could test the general stability of it, and
especially if you use highmem support.

The URLs:
http://www.SuxOS.org/~styx/gentoo/linux ... .patch.bz2
http://www.SuxOS.org/~styx/gentoo/linux ... .patch.bz2

Notes:
* The difference between the two patches is that the one at the top is and
incremental patch that you should apply to a clean gentoo-sources-2.4.19-r1
tree, while the latter one should be applied to a clean 2.4.18 tree.
* The old patches have been moved to www.SuxOS.org/~styx/gentoo/old-patches
(note that the URLs are the same as in the announcement of the old patches).

I'd like to thank Rigo Ketelings for helping me test the old patch, and giving
me lots of feedback.

Best Regards,

--
Joachim Blaabjerg
styx@SuxOS.org
www.SuxOS.org

http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gento ... 11728.html

[snoop]

Hello,

wouldn't it be possible to create an ebuild for this so
one can just "emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-xfs"
or something similar?

cu
Torsten

[Nitro]

Hello,

wouldn't it be possible to create an ebuild for this so
one can just "emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-xfs"
or something similar?

cu
Torsten

It might happen, but at this point in time the gentoo+xfs kernel source is untested and is still experimental.

[illogic-al]

I don't have any problems with xfs. It works just fine. the only compilation problems I seem to be running into have to do with my usb mouswe modules not showing up. I'm positive I chose to compile them as modules but the usbmouse module is nowhere in either /dev or /lib/modules

[AutoBot]

Patches are no longer needed the new gentoo-sources include xfs support and is labeled:

linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r3

[phraktle]

after installing the new gentoo kernel (2.4.19-gentoo-r3) with preemtption enabled i get lots of kernel msgs, like below:

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rc[13] exited with preempt_count 9
mount[18] exited with preempt_count 4
rc[17] exited with preempt_count 7
cat[19] exited with preempt_count 3
mount[24] exited with preempt_count 1
devfsd[26] exited with preempt_count 481
mount[31] exited with preempt_count 2
ls[56] exited with preempt_count 13
depscan.sh[55] exited with preempt_count 3
ls[278] exited with preempt_count 1

any ideas what causes this, and how can i fix it?

thx

[Nitro]

I'm unsticking this topic, it is no longer "special" because the gentoo-sources-r3+ include the XFS patch.