Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Arthur D. Jerijian) | Subject | _My_ turn for a 2.1 wishlist | Date | Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:12:03 GMT |
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Well, since my original post to linux.dev.kernel last week didn't go through, here's my wish list for Linux 2.1:
* Allow SMP to be configured via the config scripts. I'm thinking about something like: Support for symmetric multi-processing (SMP)? [Y/n]
* Incorporate file-level compression into ext2fs. This is one feature I'd love to see in Linux 2.1.x.
* Perhaps, incorporate ext2fs encryption and/or file undeletion.
* Integrate the noblink patch into the kernel. This is usually the only patch I apply to every single kernel I download.
* Read/write HPFS and/or NTFS would be nice, although I understand that this is a nontrivial task. Besides, I haven't seen any updates to NTFS in a long while. At the very least, incorporate the read-only NTFS driver as it stands into the kernel; I'm sure you developers can iron out all the bugs. :*)
* PnP support, although I hear that PnP development is doing very well.
* Support for the PC speaker sound driver (PCSNDRV). This driver is a good complement to USS/Lite.
* Support for DMSDOSFS, which allows DriveSpace volumes to be used under Linux.
* Obviously, NFS enhancements would be nice. I'm sure Linus has plenty in stock.
* Move GCC into kernel space and allow it to be compiled as a module. Before you shoot me, I'm just kidding. :*)
I hope this inspires creative programming. Keep up the good work. Oh, and I did not say a word about the compilation problems in 2.0.5's ip_sockglue, so my attitude is (hopefully) getting a little better.
--Arthur
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