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Re: XFS to main kernel source

To: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: XFS to main kernel source
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:16:52 -0500
Cc: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gonyou, Austin), narancs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> of "Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:14:47 BST." <E15kADf-000632-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Won't there be a lot of changes which need to be made for it to go into 2.5
> > anyway though beyond just current development? Isn't 2.5 supposed to be
> > "radically" different?
> 
> Not really. 2.5 will change over time for certain but if anything the 2.5
> changes will make it easier. One problem area with XFS is that it duplicates
> chunks of what should be generic functionality - and 2.5 needs to provide
> the generic paths it wants

Since we have your attention - which chunks? One of the frustrations we have
had is the lack of feedback from anyone who has looked at XFS.

Just interested.

Steve



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