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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


  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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