From: Fabio Comolli Subject: Re: Ext4 tree backports for 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.28.2 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:50:49 +0200 Message-ID: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: Theodore Tso , Fabio Comolli , Chuck Ebbert , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , linux-ext4@vger.kernel Return-path: 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 In-Reply-To: <20090331124716.GG13356@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 ha= ve >> to apply 19->20, 20->21 and then this patch? > > There are ext4-related fixes in the 19->20 patches. =C2=A0There are n= o 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. =C2=A0I will note that there were some enhanceme= nts > 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. =C2=A0So if your goal is to use this in production, > 2.6.29 will almost certainly be a better bet. =C2=A0The number of peo= ple > who test the 2.6.27 backports of ext4 are also much smaller. =C2=A0We > provide it as a service those who for whatever reason refuse to updat= e > 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, > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-= Ted > Regards, =46abio -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html