From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n1CMBaaa088334 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:11:37 -0600 Received: from mx2.redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 71EEA119068 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:10:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx2.redhat.com (mx2.redhat.com [66.187.237.31]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id vdOuiTDUb2wMyXF9 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:10:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49949E64.8020904@sandeen.net> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:10:44 -0600 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! References: <342331.71207.qm@web30204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <342331.71207.qm@web30204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: raksac@yahoo.com Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com raksac@yahoo.com wrote: > Well the problem is the older kernel XFS driver is > buggy to such a large extent that there is data loss > even for data on rest should a power loss occur. > > With a newer version back port I can preserve the > kernel version change since it becomes far more > reaching to the other kernel components and they have > to move, to which ..... there is strong reservation. > > Hope this gives you the perspective. It's totally understandable why you might want to do it. It's also totally understandable why upstream developers can't spend a lot of time on your custom codebase. What you need, of course, is a distribution with good support for xfs, so you can make it Someone Else's Problem. :) -Eric > Thanks, > Rakesh _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs