Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:10:14 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3 |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:20 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > I guess I can keep making this point in various ways until someone > > actually notices it: > > > > This filesystem has only 20 users. > > At the moment. And that probably exceeds Amiga users, 386 users, some of > the serial port users, several network card users ... > > In the past we've merged drivers for network cards where only two > existed in the world. Linus has repeatedly stated he wants to see stuff > people are using getting in.
None of that means that merging this filesystem is the best decision.
> Good clean code that doesn't affect the core > is good reference material.
The reference block filesystem is ext2 (used to be minixfs) - there is no need for another.
> I think you are (unusually) the one out of step here ?
I appear to be the only one who is looking at the whole picture.
Merging a new filesystem has costs - I don't need to enumerate them. Do the benefits of OMFS exceed them?
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