linux-kernel - Re: metadata plugins (was Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion)

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Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:31:59 -0500
From:	David Masover <ninja@...phack.com>
To:	Nikita Danilov <nikita@...sterfs.com>
CC:	Hans Reiser <reiser@...esys.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ReiserFS List <reiserfs-list@...esys.com>
Subject: Re: metadata plugins (was Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed
 by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion)

Nikita Danilov wrote:

> As you see, ext2 code already has multiple file "plugins", with
> persistent "plugin id" (stored in i_mode field of on-disk struct
> ext2_inode).

Aha!  So here's another question:  Is it fair to ask Reiser4 to make its
plugins generic, or should we be asking ext2/3 first?


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