hi
i'm a sysadm too (all kinds and only unix .-). i want xfs in the stock
kernel. but a filesystem has to be rock solid. a fs that makes troble
displeased people. they will hate it. i still hate solaris ufs, in the past
a 10000+ client webproxy ran into the solaris ufs out-of-fragmentationblocks
bug. 4 weeks trouble and only a workaround!
the core of xfs is very well tested with irix. but the linux port may have
some serious bugs. the linux-xfs people make a very professional job and
they tested it very well. but they cannot test all circumstances.
until linux-xfs is tested by a large number of different installations,
it shouldn't go in the stock kernel.
every few weeks i read a announcement on freshmeat for a new jfs drop from
ibm. this is marketing!
reiserfs was hardly pushed in the stock kernel by its users and developers.
it was/is not ready. (has reiserfs a working fsck/repair utility now?)
i think/feel linux-xfs is 99.x% ready to go into the offical kernel, _but_
i dont know it. it has to be proven by a lot of installations and waiting
some time.
there should be more advertisment for linux-xfs. imho xfs is the _best_ fs
for linux today, but euphoric should not make blind.
please, please dont force it with a crowbar like the reiserfs fans done
this.
after all, it's linus decision.
utz
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