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: <17613.61542.441990.620222@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:58:30 +0400
From:	Nikita Danilov <nikita@...sterfs.com>
To:	Hans Reiser <reiser@...esys.com>
Cc:	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)

Hans Reiser writes:
 > 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).
 > >
 > >Nikita.
 > >
 > >
 > So the job is already done.  Good.  Reiser4 can be included then.:) 

Indeed, namesys already implemented requirements pointed to by Christoph
Hellwig, as far as meta-data plugins are concerned, so this issue is not
an obstacle.

 > 
 > Hans "The Easily Agreeable" Reiser
 > 

PS: please, don't trim CC lists.

Nikita.

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