[OpenAFS] OpenAFS & Linux kernel 2.6: please have a trackable bug report / task ?

Timothee Besset ttimo@idsoftware.com
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:58:17 +0100


Derek Atkins wrote:

>We don't want to force people to rebuild their kernel in order to
>use AFS.  That has ALWAYS been a design goal, even when I did the
>first Linux-AFS port of AFS 3.3 back, oh, ten years ago.  The problem
>here is that the kernel gatekeepers wont accept an "only-for-AFS"
>patch.
>
>-derek
>
>  
>
Well if I have to apply a patch specifically to get AFS working on 2.6, 
I have no problem doing it. And if Linus is not happy about it - well, 
byte me.

TTimo