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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@phunq.net>
Subject: Tux3 report: A Golden Copy
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:35:48 -0800
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All versions of Tux3 are special, we think, but this one is a little=20
more special than all the rest: for the first time, it survives=20
repeated fsx-linux runs.  That is mainly due to a burst of amazingly=20
accurate work by Hirofumi, and finishing up the SMP lock coverage.

Here is the HowTo again, lightly updated to install the first official=20
Tux3 Golden Copy:

=A0 =A0# Get a kernel tree:
=A0 =A0wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.5.tar.=
bz2
=A0 =A0tar -xjf linux-2.6.26.5.tar.bz2
=A0 =A0cd linux-2.6.26.5

=A0 =A0# Get the Christmas tux3 patch and patch the kernel:
=A0 =A0wget http://tux3.org/patches/tux3-2.6.26.5-4
=A0 =A0patch <tux3-2.6.26.5-4 -p1

=A0 =A0# Build linux with tux3:
=A0 =A0make defconfig
=A0 =A0make CONFIG_TUX3=3Dy
=A0 =A0sudo make install

=A0 =A0# Get the Christmas tux3 userspace snapshot:
=A0 =A0wget http://tux3.org/downloads/snapshots/tux3-20081230.tar.gz
=A0 =A0tar -xzf tux3-20081230.tar.gz
=A0 =A0cd tux3/user
=A0 =A0make

=A0 =A0# make a tux3 filesystem
=A0 =A0sudo ./tux3 mkfs /dev/<testpartition>

Boot and mount!

=A0 =A0cat /proc/filesystems | grep tux3 && mount /dev/<testpartition> =
/mnt

Recovery after crash or unexpected shutdown is easy:

   tux3 mkfs <volname>

In other words, do not expect Tux3 to survive this kind of treatment=20
just yet.  Atomic commit is on the way, and is the last major change=20
planned before starting review.

Caveats are the same as before:

   http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-fsdevel/2008/12/26/4493214
   "Tux3 for Christmas"

And finally the usual offer:  If you drop by to lend a hand we will=20
treat you with respect and admiration for showing such courage, and we=20
will make you even more famous than you already are, by carving your=20
name in the Tux3 Hall of Fame:

  http://tux3.org/about.html

Regards,

Daniel
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