Re: Nightly Builds

[Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>]

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doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote:
> Hello,
> Success. I got the reiser4 module installed.

Great!

> # rpm -qa | grep -i reiser4
> reiser4-kmp-default-0.1_2.6.25.9_1.1-22.2
> 
> Source was:
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/filesystems/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/reiser4-kmp-default-0.1_2.6.25.9_1.1-22.2.x86_64.rpm
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep -i kernel
> kernel-default-2.6.25.9-0.2
> kernel-syms-2.6.25.9-0.2
> kernel-source-2.6.25.9-0.2
> linux-kernel-headers-2.6.25-8.1
> nfs-kernel-server-1.1.2-8.1
> kernel-xen-2.6.25.9-0.2
> 
> Questions:
> - In order to use the reiser4 module, do I need to boot to a different
> kernel flavor which is installed, if so which one ?

No, you shouldn't even need to reboot if you're currently running the
2.6.25.9-default kernel.

> - How do I verify the reiser4 module is ready for use ?

# modprobe reiser4

If it succeeds, it's working.

> - I've got a spare disk installed but not formatted yet. How do I format
> it with reiser4 ?

You'll need the reiser4 tools, which opensuse ships with.

> - I can run some file system tests I'm happy to do so. Have you got some
> tests I can run ? I'm happy to post the results.

postmark, fsx-linux, dbench, etc. Nothing really in particular. When I'm
testing a file system I usually have specific things I'm trying to test,
but those are the most common ones.

- -Jeff

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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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