Re: XFS in kernel tree

[Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu>]

>>>>> "AW" == Arjen Wolfs <arjen@euro.net> writes:

AW> I wouldn't expect something as invasive as a new filesystem to go in
AW> until the kernel's core is stable (then again, i didn't expect 2.4.0
AW> either until it was stable...who knows).

I believe a new filesystem went in in 2.4.5.  See fs/freevxfs.

The salient point is that adding this FS didn't require changes anywhere
else in the kernel; it just added some files.  If XFS did the same, or if
the non-localized parts could be fed in slowly until all of the
infrastructure is in place, then it would probably be accepted without
issue.

 - J<