On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:43:04 +0200 Pierre Ossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:00:50 -0400 > Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 08:52 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > > > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:41:16 -0400 > > > Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We also have the 64-bit inode support from RedHat/Peter Staubach. > > > > > > > > > > As has been pointed[1] out[2], this will cause regressions for > > > non-LFS applications (of which there are still lots and lots). This > > > change should be in feature-removal (the "feature" being removed is > > > legacy support for non-LFS applications using NFS servers that make > > > full use of the protocol) and preferably accompanied with > > > appropriate user space changes (e.g. compatibility option in glibc). > > > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241348 > > > [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=118701088726477&w=2 > > > > > > Rgds > > > > How about a boot/module parameter to turn it on or off? > > > > That would be perfect. It can even be in non-legacy mode by default, > just as long as you can go back to the old behaviour when/if you run > into a non-LFS application. > Wouldn't a mount option be better? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
