On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, James wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann <at> tu-clausthal.de> writes: > > > > that is bullshit. If you have ever followed the ml you would now it. > > > > > > It's been languishing in -mm for ages, never mind any progress that > > > namesys itself might make with their own code. > > Well, I'm no Reiser expert, but a few days ago I was reading at kernel > newbies and following some links about the future of the linux kernel, when > I stumbled across something that really makes sense concerning why many > influential kernel devs do not like (trust) reiser4fs: > > That is the style allows for 'loadable' modules (er the nomenclature is > plugin) and the resulting fear that if reiser4 is 'blessed' and included > into the linux kernel, then those with advanced knowledge could write very > specific modules (of the commercial kind) for niche feature that just plug > into reiser4fs.
the 'modules' are a) compile time addons and b) have to be activated at mkfs. But hey, if modules are bad, why not remove it as a feature? > > > So Hans and others could develop very cool features that 'plugin' to > reiser4fs, but, if they choose, folks would have to *PAY* for these > advanced features. That's the whole rub (in essence) as to why reiser4fs > will never make it into the kernel. Lots of kernel folks *do not trust > Hans Reiser*....... that accusations came up. I remember. But what about the extremly patched Distro kernels? They 'enhance' the kernels with 'special features' and demand money for them (yes, I look at you Redhat and Suse). -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
