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    SubjectRe: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on
    Hi!

    > simply as another data point (and also because i don't know who else from
    > michigan may be listening in on this thread), i used to work for the
    > university of michigan. AFS is a pretty big thing there too, and getting
    > a stable AFS client running on Linux would be important to decision-makers
    > there (also 32-bit UID support, but that's a whole other bait can).
    >
    > i know Linus was just picking on AFS as an example, but AFS is one of
    > those weird support issues -- not many people use it, but those who do,
    > depend on it for everything.

    Ook, so you depend on AFS. Do you need speed? If you can afford to
    loose a _lot_ of speed, you can develop userland nfs daemon that will
    re-export AFS. That way, you'll have portable & kernel-change-proof
    solution.

    Pavel
    --
    I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel
    Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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