From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 26 15:15:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE6D1065674 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:15:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@wwdevries.net) Received: from mail-fx0-f225.google.com (mail-fx0-f225.google.com [209.85.220.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2C28FC2C for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:15:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@wwdevries.net) Received: by fxm25 with SMTP id 25so383058fxm.43 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:15:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mail@wwdevries.net Received: by 10.239.137.201 with SMTP id m9mr593744hbm.86.1248619371785; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:42:51 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 471ebbd3b08bbba5 Message-ID: <232106c00907260742h55902e40w5ea5539e98dfd696@mail.gmail.com> From: Wouter de Vries To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Quota support in GENERIC or as loadable module? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:15:46 -0000 Hello, Right now quota support is not available by default in the GENERIC kernel. As far as I know there is no way to compile quota support as a loadable module, am I correct? If so, what are the reasons for not including this feature in the GENERIC kernel and/or providing it as a loadable module? I would very much like to use the freebsd-update tool on my servers, but I can't because I am forced to use a custom kernel to be able to use quotas. I can imagine quotas is not being included in the GENERIC kernel because it's only useful for servers and not for desktop users. However, the freebsd-update tool seems to me especially useful for servers and now can't be used on those systems because of the custom kernel (assuming many, if not most, servers enforce quotas). Therefore I don't understand why there isn't the option to include quota support by a loadable module. Does anybody have an explanation and/or a solution for this problem? Thanks for your help in advance! Kind regards, Wouter de Vries