[1103] in arla-drinkers
Linux vfs_getattr patch (Was: Arla 0.25 on Linux 2.2.10 bug)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr A V Le Blanc)
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:02:23 +0100
From: Dr A V Le Blanc <LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk>
To: arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se
Subject: Linux vfs_getattr patch (Was: Arla 0.25 on Linux 2.2.10 bug)
Reply-To: Dr A V Le Blanc <LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk>
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On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 09:12:56AM +0200, Assar Westerlund wrote:
> Appended to this mail is the (small) kernel patch to Linux to add
> `getattr' (and clean-up some stat handling). The current arla code
> from CVS should automatically figure out if getattr is available and
> use it.
Is this patch going to be added to the Linux kernel, or should we
continue to add it explicitly on systems which will be using arla?
-- Owen
LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
