Messages in this thread | | | From | John Alvord <> | Subject | Re: XFS? | Date | Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:06:27 -0700 |
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:23:47 -0500, Shawn <core@enodev.com> wrote:
>I'm not sure what this is intended to communicate. > >The question was specifically regarding filesystem support, so I'll >assume you meant to point out that XFS does not always work like it >should. > >Then, am I incorrect that since almost all of XFS that's left to merge >is XFS code and not changes to the kernel at large? > >If this is correct, could I then make the assumption that merging XFS >would be minimally impactful for those kernel user who do not enable it? > >Linus incorporated reiserfs long before it "always functioned as it is >supposed to", so I find myself wondering where your point was.
If memory serves, Linus incorporated reiserfs after several major distributors started including it. Linus seems to pay a lot of attention to distributions in areas where he isn't so much interested.
So does Redhat/Suse/??? ship XFS yet?
john
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