cvs commit: src/bin/df df.c src/sys/kern syscalls.mastervfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c vfs_syscalls.c src/sys/sys mount.h src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_vfsops.c

[Scott Long]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kirk McKusick wrote:> mckusick    2003/11/12 00:01:40 PST
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     bin/df               df.c
>     sys/kern             syscalls.master vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c
>                          vfs_syscalls.c
>     sys/sys              mount.h
>     sys/ufs/ffs          ffs_vfsops.c
>   Log:
>   Update the statfs structure with 64-bit fields to allow
>   accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem sizes.
>
>   You should build and boot a new kernel BEFORE doing a `make world'
>   as the new kernel will know about binaries using the old statfs
>   structure, but an old kernel will not know about the new system
>   calls that support the new statfs structure. Running an old kernel
>   after a `make world' will cause programs such as `df' that do a
>   statfs system call to fail with a bad system call.
>

Kirk,

Thanks a lot for getting this in.  Can you send a HEADS-UP email to the
lists (freebsd-current especially) just to make sure people understand the
implications?

Thanks,

Scott