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

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Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:10:14 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, hch@...radead.org,
	me@...copeland.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:20 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> 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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