From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Status of reiserfs in Redhat 2.4.7-10 kernel ? Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:33:24 +0400 Message-ID: <3E9D0744.9090907@namesys.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: ahorn@deorth.org Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com ahorn@deorth.org wrote: >Hi folks, > >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) > >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. > >Thanks in advance for your help. > >Cheers, > >Al > > > > > > > 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