Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:06:38 -0500 From: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r218953 - stable/8/usr.sbin/sysinstall Message-ID: <AANLkTik%2B74Gn2DBBXuwQRaJ2tmEcLWAOkYxeq7NDOgdN@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201102221738.p1MHchsd016185@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201102221738.p1MHchsd016185@svn.freebsd.org>
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[replying to the MFC that triggered the connection] On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> wrote: > Author: brucec > Date: Tue Feb 22 17:38:43 2011 > New Revision: 218953 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218953 > > Log: > =A0MFC r218840: > > =A0Remove the quotas option from the Startup Services menu. > =A0GENERIC has no support for quotas so this option has no effect. Do you know why GENERIC does not have quota support enabled? I note that the Debian/kFreeBSD folk have enabled quota support for the kernel they ship: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D608995 In that report, emaste@ is quoted as saying: > If you mean "kFreeBSD should ship with a quota-enabled kernel" then I'd > say go for it. The reason we don't have it on in upstream FreeBSD is > largely historical; enabling quotas used to require additional locking > that caused performance and other issues. The additional locking is now > not required, and it's just that nobody has stepped in to turn them on. If you believe everything you read on the internet, "In order to achieve a modern operating system, the quota support should be active by default, not achieved only after compilation of a custom kernel." Is there more to "stepping in and turning them on" than just the one-line change? -Ben Kaduk
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