Re: Reiser4 installation & kernel patching

[Richard Heycock <rgh@roughage.com.au>]

On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 04:08, Fred -- Speed Up -- wrote:
> > > Can I use the bk reiser4 kernel folder and simply copy it into my
> kernel's
> > > fs directory and apply the little linux-[...].patch patch to get Reiser4
> > > into the kernel ?
> > no, there are quite a few changes all over the kernel code.
> > If you do not want wait a bit for coming snapshot and do not want to use
> > the latest snapshot for 2.5.60, I can make a patch against 2.5.72 for you.
> 
> That would be great ...
> Does the reiser team often modifies the kernel tree (other than the reiser4
> code, off course), so that it would be possible to release a patch against
> the latest 2.5 kernel ? We'd then just have to download a reiser4-kernel
> daily snapshot that we would include in the kernel source tree, and then
> just configure & compile the whole stuff. And maybe bk could automate both
> process : making a daily (or nightly :D) kernel patch and reiser kernel
> package, this will be the way for users and administrators to test your
> software without having to handle with bk ;)
> 
> > > If I succeed in installing all the software and get reiser4 running,
> I'll
> > > write a clear french howto for it ;)
> >
> > ;) ok
> > I have changed that install v4 page, is it better for you now?
> 
> Now it's all right ... but you'll hopefully have to change it again soon, if
> these daily snapshots are made available ;)

I'd be quite keen to try version 4 with the latest kernel release.

rgh

> 
> > -- 
> > Thanks,
> > Vitaly Fertman
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