Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757968AbZCaMvJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:51:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757090AbZCaMux (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:50:53 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:19451 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753592AbZCaMuw convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:50:52 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZXV+4vO8roKPDM2nyzVcuiPMyo3MUxXNwqTT5nz/2lrcu/JrBVofok/MdHomv92kex 1wa+BHEbugREq6PYgMWmxTOHfxPKeL5XXn9oyC+henK3a0+k1k0Xs2GyCDFJV0TE7pdl 6AsqRx0LQBl4y6uN5AfEpUfFjTs3UrCGQGg/g= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090331124716.GG13356@mit.edu> References: <20090211075914.GC20842@skywalker> <20090211153328.37ef255f@dhcp-100-2-144.bos.redhat.com> <20090212211935.GE6922@mini-me.lan> <20090216163507.1e73f452@dhcp-100-2-144.bos.redhat.com> <20090331123320.GC13356@mit.edu> <20090331124716.GG13356@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:50:49 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ext4 tree backports for 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.28.2 From: Fabio Comolli To: Theodore Tso , Fabio Comolli , Chuck Ebbert , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1611 Lines: 42 Hi Ted. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 02:40:22PM +0200, Fabio Comolli wrote: >> OK. Now I have on my box the 2.6.27.19 kernel. Do you mean that I have >> to apply 19->20, 20->21 and then this patch? > > There are ext4-related fixes in the 19->20 patches.  There are no ext4 > related patches in 20->21, so whether or not you do this is optional > (from the perspective of applying this patch). > OK >> Then mount the fs as ext4dev? > > Yes, same as before.  I will note that there were some enhancements > and some lower-priority bug fixes that don't get backported to 2.6.27 > series, since sometimes it is extremely difficult to backport things > as far as 2.6.27.  So if your goal is to use this in production, > 2.6.29 will almost certainly be a better bet.  The number of people > who test the 2.6.27 backports of ext4 are also much smaller.  We > provide it as a service those who for whatever reason refuse to update > to newer kernels, but it's hard for me to offer guarantees. > Many thanks. I normally use 2.6.29 with ext4 but I just discovered a bug that prevents me to use video acceleration. It seems that this was introduced in the 2.6.28 series and 2.6.27.X don't have it. > Best regards, > >                                        - Ted > Regards, Fabio -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/