On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:34 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If systemd wants to use version 5 of this thing, it has to have the
> same workaround code automountd has. It is systemd (and now the
> kernel) which is broken.
There's no question that systemd is broken.
But those broken binaries are out in the wild. End of story.
> We should have never touched version 5 of the data-structure. Having
> 5 years of workaround precedence in userspace proves this.
Umm. The thing is, those broken binaries *work* on 32-bit. They were
*tested* on 32-bit. They were *shipped* on 32-bit.
And we really do want to make it just work for people to build 64-bit
kernels. It is simply not acceptably to say "hey, you have 32-bit user
land, so use a 32-bit kernel". It's not a different ABI, never has
been.
It's entirely pointless to talk about some next version. THAT FIXES
NOTHING. What's so hard to understand? This is an existing problem,
and making a v6 DOES NOT FIX ANYTHING AT ALL.
And people who bring it up as a "fix" are entirely missing the point.
Seriously.
Linus
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