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To: Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@intellique.com>, harryxiyou <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
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On 10/25/13 9:42 AM, Emmanuel Florac wrote:
> Le Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:28:10 +0800
> harryxiyou <harryxiyou@gmail.com> =E9crivait:
> =

>> 1, How to install XFS on Linux OS, I should do like below, right?
>>    a, Download latest Linux Kernel Source Codes.
>>    b, Compile the Linux Kernel and select XFS feature when I do the
>> configuration (make menuconfig).
> =

> No, XFS is supported by all Linux distributions out of the box. To use
> XFS, you may eventually need to install the xfs-progs package.
> =

>  =

>> 2, Does XFS support real-time feature after I install it on Linux
>> Kernel? And how to use real-time feature on Linux Kernel.
>>
> =

> Yes. What do you want to do with realtime XFS?
> =


well, yes and no.  It supports the "realtime subvolume" which is
not really technically "realtime."  It does have a more deterministic
allocator, but it doesn't have GRIO (Guaranteed Realtime I/O) like =

IRIX does.

-Eric

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