Kernel patch request for AFS

[Monty]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 01:37:32PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 03:20:47PM +0000, William John Murray wrote:
>  >    Hello Dave J et al.,
>  >        Late in the day, I would like to request a kernel patch.
>  > The following patch:
>  > 
>  > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0602.2/0936.html
>  > 
>  >  would allow the AFS filesystem to be supported on FC5 
>  > For us AFS-dependent users this would be a major plus.
> 
> A better fix is for AFS to convert to using the new[1] module parameter syntax.
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> [1] Where 'new' is what, 3 years old now?

You assume the poor user has control over what AFS code he gets to deploy. 

But more to the point, the patch I see is a bugfix... if a mechanism
doesn't work and no one one wants to fix it, why the hell is it there
anyway? 

There are reasons the MIT AFS admins are pissed at RedHat, and this
sort of thing is one of them.  Granted, they start out angry.

Monty
(Who has to live with two of said admins)