Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:47:06 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8 |
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> Linux has always been a "POSIX unless its stupid" type of system. For > the upstream kernel, we should do the right thing -- noatime by default > -- but allow distros and people that care about rigid compliance to > easily change the default.
Linux has never been a "suprise your kernel interfaces all just changed today" kernel, nor a "gosh you upgraded and didn't notice your backups broke" kernel.
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