Re: Quota patches

[Martin Dalecki]

Uz.ytkownik Alan Cox napisa?:
>>If we can do it for quota - we could possible remove the
>>IPC_OLD variant away as well. It's looong overdue by now,
>>becouse the IPC_OLD was not standard conformant anyway.
>>
>>I would be really really glad to do it iff ACK-ed.
> 
> 
> More code that takes almost no space, ensures old systems still work and 
> old XFree86 still runs on new kernels. Why remove it ?

It is an illusion to think that you can actually run *that old*
a.out binaries on a modern kernel I think.

BTW. (almost no space) * (many times) == huge number.

> If you want to design a mathematically elegant and small ultra clean OS go
> do it. Linux however has to work in the real world not in the happy clueless
> world of pure mathematical elegance