Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:25:29 -0700 | From | Bryan Whitehead <> | Subject | Re: XFS? |
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Hans Reiser wrote: > Nick LeRoy wrote: > >> >> >> >> Think about this: Namesys is working on Reiserfs v4.0. v4.0. Hell - >> it's only been incorporated into the mainstream kernel for less than a >> year (at least by my recollection), yet it keeps advancing. I have >> _no_ idea what UFS version Solaris 8 is using (admittedly at least >> somewhat due to ignorance -- I use Solaris because I have a good ol' >> SPARCprinter which alas is not supported by Linux), or whether they've >> bother to do development on it to make it better, faster, etc. Yet, >> _we_ get this advancement all the time. Isn't it great?! >> >> >> > I think you'll really like v4, it is a complete rewrite from scratch, > and far better in every way. :) > > Hans
What blows my mind (from someone that only watches kernel development) is how one project, XFS, a filesystem basically "done" is excluded from the mainline kernel while ReiserFS is getting a "complete rewrite from scratch".
Maybe I don't get it cause I'm just watching... ;)
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