Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-22 Thread Dave Jones
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:01:54PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > > > "Under 2.4.21, it doesnt do this." > > > > > > Randy mentioned in bugzilla that 2.4.22 didn't work either, so I'd > > > be very surprised if 2.4.21 works. > > > > good point. I don't see anything obvious in 2.4.22

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-22 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:11:09PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:46:13PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:20:50AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:12:09PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > Ok, patch rescinded

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:12:42 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:11:09PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > Randy mentioned in bugzilla that 2.4.22 didn't work either, so I'd > > > be very surprised if 2.4.21 works. > > > > good point. I don't see anything obvious in 2.4.22

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:11:09PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > Randy mentioned in bugzilla that 2.4.22 didn't work either, so I'd > > be very surprised if 2.4.21 works. > > good point. I don't see anything obvious in 2.4.22 that would have > caused a regression, so this sounds suspect. > I'll

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:46:13PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:20:50AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:12:09PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > Ok, patch rescinded. Any opinion on what to do about that bug? > > > > > > > > "u

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:20:50AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:12:09PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > Ok, patch rescinded. Any opinion on what to do about that bug? > > > > > > "use loopback" would be one option I guess. > > > Given its been an open bug for fo

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:12:09PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Ok, patch rescinded. Any opinion on what to do about that bug? > > > > "use loopback" would be one option I guess. > > Given its been an open bug for four years, there's obviously > > not that much interest in fixing the

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Christoph Hellwig
> Ok, patch rescinded. Any opinion on what to do about that bug? > > "use loopback" would be one option I guess. > Given its been an open bug for four years, there's obviously > not that much interest in fixing the filesystem. I don't think it's a bug, it's a lacking feature. The error message

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:02:42PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:46:18AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > EFS aparently is broken (See > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020) > > has been so for some time, and attempts to fix it have been rejected. > >

Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:46:18AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > EFS aparently is broken (See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020) > has been so for some time, and attempts to fix it have been rejected. > Given there's a userspace app to access these volumes, how > about scheduling it for

RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

2007-05-21 Thread Dave Jones
EFS aparently is broken (See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020) has been so for some time, and attempts to fix it have been rejected. Given there's a userspace app to access these volumes, how about scheduling it for removal ? Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-