Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 May 2002 10:03:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Quota patches |
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On Thu, 23 May 2002, Jan Kara wrote: > > Doesn't let me select both ? > Yes. Only one of compatible interfaces is allowed. The reason is > mainly due to QUOTAON. Both V1 and V2 interfaces used Q_QUOTAON > to turn quotas on (looking back I admit it was stupid but it happened). > So now we would have to recognize which quota file was actually given > to us and turn on proper quota format - and I dislike such magic in > kernel.. especially when it's not needed. When user has really old > quota tools (<=2.00) he will turn on V1 interface. If he has newer tools > (<3.05) he has to decide depending on format he wants to use...
This makes me pretty certain we just do not want to have the backwards- compatibility layer in 2.5.x
Are there _any_ reasons to use the old stuff, if the fix is just to upgrade to a newer quota tool?
Linus
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