Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:26:00 +0200 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r218953 - stable/8/usr.sbin/sysinstall Message-ID: <20110222212600.GG78089@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik%2B74Gn2DBBXuwQRaJ2tmEcLWAOkYxeq7NDOgdN@mail.gmail.com> References: <201102221738.p1MHchsd016185@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTik%2B74Gn2DBBXuwQRaJ2tmEcLWAOkYxeq7NDOgdN@mail.gmail.com>
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--Hl7iIDUZZE9gOHs4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 01:06:38PM -0500, Ben Kaduk wrote: > [replying to the MFC that triggered the connection] >=20 > 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: > > =9AMFC r218840: > > > > =9ARemove the quotas option from the Startup Services menu. > > =9AGENERIC has no support for quotas so this option has no effect. >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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." >=20 > Is there more to "stepping in and turning them on" than just the > one-line change? I promise to enable UFS quotas in GENERIC in one week unless anybody objects now. --Hl7iIDUZZE9gOHs4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1kKegACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4gfpQCgjMiTff37Oxv/J4wC2o+XuZpw 0ycAoJTefNzu36dpTF7y2dfZshQjnb0A =Z80l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Hl7iIDUZZE9gOHs4--
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