Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764729AbXEUPq3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 11:46:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761811AbXEUPqP (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 11:46:15 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:56214 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761368AbXEUPqO (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 11:46:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:46:13 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dave Jones , Christoph Hellwig , Linux Kernel , rdunlap@xenotime.net Subject: Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal. Message-ID: <20070521154613.GA27027@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , rdunlap@xenotime.net References: <20070521144618.GA6914@redhat.com> <20070521150242.GA25146@infradead.org> <20070521150937.GB6957@redhat.com> <20070521151209.GA25744@infradead.org> <20070521152050.GC6957@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070521152050.GC6957@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 950 Lines: 22 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 Ok, patch rescinded.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. - 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/