Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:37:49 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: exfat: add exfat filesystem code to staging |
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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:50:19AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > I did try just that, a few years ago, and gave up on it. I don't think > it can be added to the existing vfat code base but I am willing to be > proven wrong.
And what exactly was the problem?
> > Now that we have the specs, it might be easier, and the vfat spec is a > subset of the exfat spec, but to get stuff working today, for users, > it's good to have it in staging. We can do the normal, "keep it in > stable, get a clean-room implementation merged like usual, and then > delete the staging version" three step process like we have done a > number of times already as well. > > I know the code is horrible, but I will gladly take horrible code into > staging. If it bothers you, just please ignore it. That's what staging > is there for :)
And then after a while you decide it's been long enough and force move it out of staging like the POS erofs code?
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