On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 06:11:59PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > : > :Hi all, > :I want to warn you that I'll soon commit the stat(2) changes and if you > :have a custom kernel config, you really want to have COMPAT_DF12, > :otherwise the kernel won't even make it through a reboot. > : > :Joerg > > Hmm. This makes me a bit uncomfortable. I'm worried that we are > going to get a ton of bug reports from people who get caught out in > the code, despite the warning. Maybe we should invert the sense of > the option. e.g. NO_COMPAT_DF12.
I've been thinking about making it non-optional for while, but that wouldn't fix the problem. I also don't like negative options, since they tend to obscure code. This instance is different from COMPAT_43, since I intend to keep it really optional, e.g. if you have a clean world, you don't need it. Joerg
