Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:48:21 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] - revert generic_fillattr stat->blksize to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE |
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On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 02:21:09PM +0100, col-pepper@catking.net wrote:
> I am using a 2.6.18.2 based kernel and see lots of broken fs due to this > "diet". eg cloop > > I hope some general lessons can be drawn about the necessity and > desirablility of such changes that (predictably) invoke broadband breakage.
Lessons 1-99: Get your modules included in the kernel.
> This kind of change and the breakage and dependancy issues they create are > what makes linux a nightmare to maintain. >...
s/linux/external modules not submitted for inclusion in the kernel/
> What kernel release contains code where all this calms down and I dont > need to search patches and updates for modules in order to get basics to > work again? >...
None, the Linux development model is based on the fact that such changes are considered perfectly OK as long as all in-kernel users are being fixed.
The solution for your problem is that the authors of the modules you are using should get their modules included in the Linux kernel - and they'll be automatically fixed when someone changes an in-kernel API.
> Thanks for your replys.
cu Adrian
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