>>>>> "thibaut" == Thibaut Laurent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

should be fixed in -7mdk.

Later, Juan.

thibaut> Hi !
thibaut> I'd like to know if anybody (else than me) has had problems with quota support
thibaut> for XFS in mdk kernels ? I've tried most of these kernels since 2.4.8 (can't
thibaut> remember the release) to the latest 2.4.13-2mdk, still unsuccessfully, though
thibaut> quota enforcement works flawlessly with e.g. 2.4.13-xfs or any tree downloaded
thibaut> from SGI's cvs.

thibaut> So here are the details:

thibaut> - root filesystem is an XFS partition properly mounted with usrquota,grpquota
thibaut> options.

thibaut> - quotaon -v / produces a nice 
thibaut> "quotaon: quotactl on /dev/hda4 (my root): invalid argument".
thibaut> Actually 2.4.13-xfs displays those nasty messages too, but alongside a nicer
thibaut> "Enabling group/user quota on root filesystem (reboot to take effect)" which I
thibaut> never had the chance to see with -mdk kernels

thibaut> - reboot : while mounting the filesystem, 2.4.13-2mdk only displays :
thibaut> "Start mounting filesystem: ide0(3,4)" and then "Ending clean XFS mount for
thibaut> filesystem: ide0(3,4)". No mention of quotacheck.
thibaut> The mount message in 2.4.13-xfs is slightly different and adds a nice "XFS
thibaut> quotacheck ide0(3,4): Please wait." and then "XFS quotacheck ide0(3,4): Done."
thibaut> Since the messages displayed by the 2 versions (2.4.13-2mdk and 2.4.13-xfs)
thibaut> are different, I guess the XFS patch in 2.4.13-2mdk is the same as in
thibaut> 2.4.8-26mdk, lazily rediffed against the current kernel ? Hey ! put your gun
thibaut> back in the drawer, I was just teasing you. No one doubts XFS + ac take an
thibaut> awful lot of time to merge, especially when one has tried to do it...

thibaut> - finally, with 2.4.13-2mdk, repquota -v / keeps telling me "repquota: Not all
thibaut> specified mountpoints are using quota" despite all my insults/threats, and so
thibaut> does setquota. Again, with 2.4.13-xfs, it works great.

thibaut> Thanks in advance for your help.

thibaut> Thibaut


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