On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:20:08 +0100 (CET),
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >it would be nice if SGI folks pushed harder for XFS's integration into the
> >mainstream kernel.
>
> We have been trying hard since at least 2.4.5. I split the big XFS
> patch into digestible chunks, separating the core XFS code from the
> add on stuff like kdb, lvm, dmapi, quota. We have been sending mail
> to Linus about the core XFS patches since June 5, 2001. Response -
> total silence. Not even "I don't like it", we get no response at all.
i dont think Linus is the first step needed. XFS is pretty intrusive in
the VFS area, so i guess you should first sort out the necessery VFS
modifications with Al Viro? And then go step by step forward. I mean, we
are in a stable kernel branch and this is a pretty big patch even just
counting the core changes.
Ingo
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