Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: New SYM53C8XX driver in 2.4.3-ac5 FIXES CD Writing!!!! | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:02:19 +1200 | From | Matthew Grant <> |
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> > > > A core kernel developer NEEDS to get these features straightened out properly > > in a clean fashion. People WANT reiserfs integrated and working with LVM and > > Note _clean_
I agree completely.
> > > It does not look like that much work is needed to fix the stuff the base kernel > > and get better integration of these features. The rough edges on them make us > > look like a bunch of amatuers. > > Lots of work needs doing. The entire quota code needs rewriting and that won't > happen until 2.5. The reiser+nfs stuff is probably also 2.5
Sounds like we need a 2.6 fairly soon after a 2.5 rather than going on a complete development voyage around the world every 18 months...
Linus,
Can't we have a controlled development tree branch for 2-3 months just to get the ReiserFS/LVM/quota/knfsd integration done _cleanly_ (this has significant short-term benefits NOW), with the brakes on all other changes, and another development tree where everyone goes wild with NUMA/Networking et al., where the changes from the other get merged???
> > > Alan, will you look into it as a project??? > > Not interested. Now is stabilizing time, not stuffing crap into the kernel tree > time. Vendors can (and will) ship stuff which is workable but not clean, and > they will hopefully over time fix up the stuff they care about and submit it.
Any takers to look at re-bending the current LVM fixes, + the reiserFS snapshot stuff???. From what I can gather people will ALWAYS be applying the pathes for this to the stock kernel source.
> > Alan >
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