Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:21:57 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: SGI's XFS DONATED AS OPEN SOURCE!!!!!!!!! |
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If you can, try to have it so that it will work statcly linked. There are many of us who prefer to compile custom kernels for our servers rather then using modules.
David Lang
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Dan Koren wrote:
> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:50:48 -0700 > From: Dan Koren <dkoren@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com> > Reply-To: Dan.Koren@sgi.com > To: Fredrik Lundholm <exce7@ce.chalmers.se> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: SGI's XFS DONATED AS OPEN SOURCE!!!!!!!!! > > Fredrik Lundholm wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > changes we might be making for XFS. Note however that XFS itself > > > is not part of the kernel but rather a loadable module. The terms > > > > Well, to be able to claim all that good-will that steams from words > > like donation and open-source, > > I really hope the module will be released in SOURCE form. > > A binary module doesn't strike me as particulary exiting nor flexible > > enough to gain required momentum.. > > > > /Fredrik Lundholm > > exce7@ce.chalmers.se > > As our press announcement said, XFS will be released in open source. > That does not contradict/preclude its being structured as a loadable > module. XFS is a pretty large file system (100k+ lines of code) and > it wouldn't be reasonable for something that large to be statically > linked with the kernel, as there are probably lots of applications > and configurations that don't need its capabilities. > > I hope this clarifies things. > > thx, > > > Dan Koren Dan.Koren@sgi.com > Engineering Manager, File Systems phone: (USA) 650-933-3678 > Silicon Graphics, Inc. pager: (USA) 888-769-0874 > 1600 Amphiteatre Pkwy. M/S 08U-500 or dkoren_p@pager.sgi.com > Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 fax: (USA) 650-933-3542 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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