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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports
    On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 09:15:42 +0000, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
    > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:00:14AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > > so my strong position is that even asking for any 'warning period' for
    > > changes in VFS internals (including exports/unexports) would be
    > > extremely rude. It would be rude not only towards the authors and
    > > maintainers of mainline VFS code, but also towards other external
    > > trees/drivers who do _not_ ask for any special status and accept the
    > > deal: "follow internals, notice kernel people if they do bad stuff
    > > (extremely rare in my case) and fix/redesign stuff if the external tree
    > > is broken (much more common)".
    >
    > <sarcasm>
    > <osdl-salespitch>
    > Unfortunately you don't have the financial and political powers IBM
    > has, so your opinion doesn't matter as much. Maybe you should become
    > OSDL member to influence the direction of Linux development.
    > </osdl-salespitch>
    > </sarcasm>
    >
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    If a filesystem is binary-only, then it should get the same treatment
    as other binary-only things like graphic drivers and
    machine-virtualization drivers: either stay on a designated kernel
    version or else fix your driver so it work with mainline.

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