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

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Date:	Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:22:04 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@....de>
cc:	Adrian Ulrich <reiser4@...nkenlights.ch>,
	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>, ipso@...ppymail.ca,
	reiser@...esys.com, lkml@...productions.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	tytso@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	reiserfs-list@...esys.com
Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org
 regarding reiser4 inclusion

>
>> A filesystem with a fixed number of inodes (= not readjustable while
>> mounted) is ehr.. somewhat unuseable for a lot of people with
>> big and *flexible* storage needs (Talking about NetApp/EMC owners)
>
>Which is untrue at least for Solaris, which allows resizing a life file
>system. FreeBSD and


>Linux require an unmount.

Only for shrinking.


Jan Engelhardt
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