From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Quota patches
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 16:31:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CEE4ECB.5070603@evision-ventures.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E17BHEJ-0006ed-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Uz.ytkownik Alan Cox napisa?:
>>If we can do it for quota - we could possible remove the
>>IPC_OLD variant away as well. It's looong overdue by now,
>>becouse the IPC_OLD was not standard conformant anyway.
>>
>>I would be really really glad to do it iff ACK-ed.
>
>
> More code that takes almost no space, ensures old systems still work and
> old XFree86 still runs on new kernels. Why remove it ?
It is an illusion to think that you can actually run *that old*
a.out binaries on a modern kernel I think.
BTW. (almost no space) * (many times) == huge number.
> If you want to design a mathematically elegant and small ultra clean OS go
> do it. Linux however has to work in the real world not in the happy clueless
> world of pure mathematical elegance
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-24 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-20 13:55 Quota patches Jan Kara
2002-05-20 14:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-20 15:38 ` Jan Kara
2002-05-22 19:46 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2002-05-22 19:57 ` Jan Kara
2002-05-22 23:30 ` Nathan Scott
2002-05-23 0:59 ` Nathan Scott
2002-05-23 1:56 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-23 1:55 ` Nathan Scott
2002-05-23 9:16 ` Jan Kara
2002-05-23 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-24 2:35 ` Nathan Scott
2002-05-24 3:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-24 14:58 ` Jan Kara
2002-05-24 14:10 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-05-24 15:43 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 14:31 ` Martin Dalecki [this message]
2002-05-24 15:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-24 14:43 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-05-24 16:12 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 15:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-24 14:54 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-05-24 16:18 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 16:14 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 16:01 ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-24 18:41 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-05-24 15:07 ` Alan Cox
[not found] <20020523154249.X180298@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com>
2002-05-23 8:53 ` Jan Kara
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