Re: Status of reiserfs in Redhat 2.4.7-10 kernel ?

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

ahorn@deorth.org wrote:

>Hi folks,
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>Can anyone point me towards a list of bugs that existed in the
>implementation of reiserfs in this redhat kernel (the last kernel released
>with a redhat 7.2 distribution CD)
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>I may obtain support and talk to redhat, but I just thought I'd check here
>first and see if anyone knew. The customer is very conservative and
>upgrading the kernel is not an option for other reasons. Therefore I need
>to provide assurance that we can or cannot viably use reiserfs with that
>kernel.
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>Thanks in advance for your help.
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>Cheers,
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>Al
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I am afraid that I can only say that Redhat kernels are not standard 
kernels, and non-standard kernels should not be preferred for use in 
production systems.  They are not as well tested (or as debugged) as 
Linus/Marcelo kernels.  Linus/Marcelo kernels are the official kernels, 
and Linus and Marcelo, not RedHat or any other distro, are the Linux 
kernel maintainers.  I personally try to avoid any use of a non-standard 
kernel in systems I care about because I know that no distro has the 
testing ability of those who test the Marcelo kernels, and Marcelo's 
level of skill and caution exceeds that of any other maintainer I am 
familiar with in detail, but I am more conservative than most.

-- 
Hans