Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

[Andrew Morton]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:20 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I guess I can keep making this point in various ways until someone
> > actually notices it:
> > 
> > 	This filesystem has only 20 users.
> 
> At the moment. And that probably exceeds Amiga users, 386 users, some of
> the serial port users, several network card users ...
> 
> In the past we've merged drivers for network cards where only two
> existed in the world. Linus has repeatedly stated he wants to see stuff
> people are using getting in.

None of that means that merging this filesystem is the best decision.

> Good clean code that doesn't affect the core
> is good reference material.

The reference block filesystem is ext2 (used to be minixfs) - there is no
need for another.

> I think you are (unusually) the one out of step here ?

I appear to be the only one who is looking at the whole picture.

Merging a new filesystem has costs - I don't need to enumerate them.  Do
the benefits of OMFS exceed them?
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