Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: request for patches: showing mount options | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:20:20 +0200 |
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> On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 17:16 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > > Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > It would be nice to have all this stuff in 2.6.24, which doesn't leave > > > a lot of time. > > > > Yes, that would be nice, but there's a lot of stuff that needs to get > > done before this. NFS IPv6, for example, is a higher priority than > > refactoring to remove /etc/mtab -- the US government has a new > > requirement in 2008 for IPv6 support in any software that it purchases, > > and NFS may be a stumbling block for distributors if it doesn't have it. > > > > So I'd say "no way" for 2.6.24, but it's really Trond's call to make. > > I never like to tell people what their priorities should be. If someone > is interested enough to do the work, then it will get done, however this > cannot make the top of my already-overloaded list of priorities for > 2.6.24, and it would appear that Chuck is busy too. > > Any other volunteers out there?
I'm willing to help out.
I could have basically fixed up all filesystems, but I think it's better if the maintainers do it and are aware that this needs to be looked at each time a new option is added.
But there's no problem with making exceptions if the maintainers are busy.
Miklos
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