Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932647AbVLQSiy (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:38:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932650AbVLQSiy (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:38:54 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:28940 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932647AbVLQSix (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:38:53 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:38:54 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt Mackall Subject: Re: remove CONFIG_UID16 Message-ID: <20051217183854.GQ23349@stusta.de> References: <20051217044410.GO23349@stusta.de> <20051217131807.GD13043@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051217131807.GD13043@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 976 Lines: 30 On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:18:07PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always > > disabled in the latest -mm kernels. > > > > Is there any reason against removing it completely? > > Yes, it breaks backwards-compatilbity for not even that old binaries. > > There's not way we're ever going to remove it. You are right. Sorry, this was a dumb idea cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/