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Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:11:09 -0400 From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rdunlap@...otime.net Subject: Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal. 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 Ok, patch rescinded.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? > > > > > > > > "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 > > > is quite accurate aswell. > > > > It seems to be a regression in 2.6.x though. From the report.. > > > > "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 that would have caused a regression, so this sounds suspect. I'll close the bugzilla out based on your comments, thanks for looking at it. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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