Re: Updated kernel patch for Linux 2.6.9

On Monday 01 November 2004 15:37, Zoltan Sekeres wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> We are using ACLs a lot by now on our Debian-based
> systems. So we always built our custom kernels after
> applying Andreas' ACL patches.
>
> This worked well up to Linux 2.6.8.1 (with some
> handcrafted patch resolution :-). But I have noticed
> that with the recent kernel v2.6.9 the relevant source
> files changed to the extent that applying the patches
> is not longer trivial, e.g. fs/nfs/inode.c .
>
> Is there an updated patch available ?

Yes, see http://acl.bestbits.at/nfsacl/.

> Alternatively: I have noticed some changes in v2.6.9
> related to NFSv4 and ACLs. Do these probably supersede
> the bestbits patches ? (We have a stable system using
> NFSv3 and I am reluctant to experiment with NFSv4.)

No, they don't.

Regards,
-- 
Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, SUSE LINUX AG
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