[Unionfs] Unionfs2 cause of crash?

[Erez Zadok]

In message <4688B282.4080805 at thalescomputers.fr>, Benoit Guillon writes:
> Erez Zadok wrote:
> 
> > To all, if there are any other stable 2.6 kernels you really need unionfs2
> >
> >for, please send me an email.  Based on how much demand there is, we'll do
> >our best to accommodate (the older the kernel is, however, the longer it
> >could take to back-port the code).
> >  
> >
> Could it be possible to have unionfs2 backported for 2.6.18? It is the 
> kernel used in RHEL5, and I guess many people can be interested in. The 
> problem with unionfs 1.4 and parsing errors makes unionfs unusable for 
> 2.6.18 which is a pity.

Done: get the just-released backport to 2.6.18.8 off of

	<http://unionfs.filesystems.org/>.

Benoit, I'd be very interested to know how well it works for you: my concern
is that vendor kernels (esp. the older you go) have so many changes compared
to vanilla, that I don't know how well our unionfs patches can be applied
and run.

Cheers,
Erez.