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DateSun, 13 Apr 2008 04:01:30 -0400
FromChristoph Hellwig <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 08:55:44PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > it's a dead filesystem that a very few people still have a reason to
> > use.  If FUSE is where this should live, then I'll just simply focus my
> > time on that instead (since I already have it in FUSE).
> 
> Yes, pursuing the FUSE implementation sounds a better approach - it avoids
> burdening the kernel with a filesysstem which few will be interested in and
> is more practical for use by those who _are_ interested in it.

No way.  For a normal foreign block filesystem a proper kernel
implementation is much better.  And this one is particularly
well-written.  Lately I really start wondering why we keep adding crap
all over the core, but if we have a modular new filesystem that's quite
nice people start complaining.

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