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From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lang=E5s?= <tlan@stud.ntnu.no>
To: Austin Gonyou <austin@digitalroadkill.net>
Cc: Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: Linux Kernel 2.4.18 and 2.4.19 problems
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Austin Gonyou:
> Use SGI's XFS installer and move to XFS on those boxen. You will not be
> unhappy.

We're using reiserfs, and converting to XFS is out of the question,
sorry.

> Second suggestion, once you've installed a RH 7.3 XFS installed box,
> then go get 2.4.18-aa and recompile that and use it. 
> You will need to make a change to the scsi_scan.c file to add
> BLIST_LARGELUN support to which ever devices you're using. 

Why?  The vanilla kernel works fine with what we have in production,
but not with the new P4 Dual Xeon.

> (or use the 2.4.19-rc1-aa2 since it might be done already, assuming your
> using PV250's and up)

PV?  No, we're not using Dell's storage solutions, only their servers.


-- 
Thomas
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