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From: Greg KH <greg@×××××.com>
To: John Nilsson <john@×××××××.nu>
Cc: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab]
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:13:58
Message-Id: 20040224231107.GB2931@kroah.com
In Reply to: Re: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab] by John Nilsson
1 On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:58:49AM +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
2 > > Heh, you do realize that I am one of the developers of sysfs in the
3 > > kernel, and currently wield the "only 1 value per file" big stick that I
4 > > go around with and whack offending developers with?
5 >
6 > Oh, sorry, I never pay attention! =) You are also the creator of udev,
7 > correct?
8
9 Yes.
10
11 > With your experience with the code you should know, would it be hard to
12 > implement the file/directory duality that comes natively with reiser4
13 > into the VFS? This way reier4 would only by you performance...
14
15 I don't understand. The vfs doesn't care about these things.
16
17 > Still it is so easy with reiser4 =) a plugin for /etc and all files that
18 > are at all parseable is converted to a filetree at write.
19
20 Again, refer to my previous comments about the odds of reiser4 being
21 widely adopted in the near future being almost zero.
22
23 This seems to be way off topic now.
24
25 greg k-h
26
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Re: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab] John Nilsson <john@×××××××.nu>