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

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Message-ID: <op.tdhyo9utd4os1z@localhost>
Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:13:47 +0200
From:	Łukasz Mierzwa <prymitive@...erwis.net>
To:	"David Masover" <ninja@...phack.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"reiserfs-list@...esys.com" <reiserfs-list@...esys.com>
Subject: Re: metadata plugins (was Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion)

Dnia Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:31:59 +0200, David Masover <ninja@...phack.com>  
napisał:

> 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?
>

Doesn't iptables have plugins? Maybe we should make them generic so other  
packet filters can use them ;)
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