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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:33:44 -0400 Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 05:03:04PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Adding a new FS to Linux is a pretty major thing.
> >
> > - A key question (which you don't seem to have addressed at all!) is: why
> > is this a useful addition to Linux? What are the filesystem's strengths?
> > What is its application? How does it improves Linux and by how much?
>
> Honestly, I'm not sure if this FS is mainline material or not.

OIC.

> If it is,
> it is in the sense that the Amiga FS, befs, and so forth are useful:
> 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.



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