From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Heycock Subject: Re: Reiser4 installation & kernel patching Date: 23 Jun 2003 17:44:18 +1000 Message-ID: <1056354258.1449.34.camel@boadicea> References: <000e01c33621$2ced8490$0200a8c0@xpstation> <200306192030.58137.vitaly@namesys.com> <000701c33681$d527c3e0$0200a8c0@xpstation> <200306192112.42901.vitaly@namesys.com> <001901c33756$fe776ae0$0200a8c0@xpstation> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <001901c33756$fe776ae0$0200a8c0@xpstation> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com 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 -- "It is possible to make things of great complexity out of things that are very simple. There is no conservation of simplicity" -- Stephen Wolfram Richard Heycock tel : 0410 646 369 key fingerprint : 909D CBFA C669 AC2F A937 AFA4 661B 9D21 EAAB 4291