Re: 2.6.3 + reiser + quota support

[Jan Kara]

> On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 11:36, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 08:33, Damian Wojsław wrote:
> > > > > [root@test mnt]#
> > > > > and /var/log/messages says:
> > > > > Mar  4 19:15:46 test kernel: reiserfs_getopt: unknown option "usrquota"
> > > > 
> > > > 	If I remember correclty, reiserfs needs an additional patch to
> > > > support quota. I know this patch exists for 2.4.X kernels.
> > > 
> > > Yes, patches to support quota exist for 2.4.x kernels, because 2.4.x is
> > > not supposed to support quota for reiserfs in the vanilla distribution.
> > > Those patches are at
> > > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mason/patches/reiserfs/quota-2.4
> > > and work fine.
> > > 
> > > But kernel 2.6.x is supposed to support quota for ext2, ext3 _and_
> > > reiserfs without any patch. So I am doing something wrong (I hope), or
> > > there is a bug around here.
> >   Actually the text in Configure is a bit misleading. In 2.6 you also
> > need an additional patch for ReiserFS. Chris Mason created it a few days
> > ago so it might be available at his FTP..
> > 								Honza
> 
> that would be it
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mason/patches/data-logging/experimental/2.6.3
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> ps: how much should I be intimidated by that "experimental" directory
> name?
  Because the patch was created a few days ago it is not very widely
tested (I mean tested in the real environment..)... That is the reason
why it is in experimental (at least I'd guess :)).

								Honza

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SuSE CR Labs
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