From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: State of the Reiser4 FS Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:45:46 -0800 Message-ID: <4417D43A.2070603@namesys.com> References: <3aa654a40603140241s5d8a7430j6bf29a5ef7dd1bf5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <3aa654a40603140241s5d8a7430j6bf29a5ef7dd1bf5@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Avuton Olrich Cc: ReiserFS List Avuton Olrich wrote: >Hello, > >I just saw a thread on the LKML a minute ago asking about the state of >getting the patch into vanilla linux. I read Andrew Morton's post >about a month ago stating that it could happen soon, but was unlikely >due to there not actually being a need for it to go into mainline (no >major distro default, etc...). > Can you supply a reference to this post? The only distro which is not influenced by performance numbers when selecting a filesystem is RedHat, and most of the rest are just waiting to be sure that politics will not kill reiser4 inclusion. I am sure I can come up with a "we will support it if you let it in" petition of distros if such a silliness is needed. > I was wondering, myself, earlier in the >day what the state of the patch was, if anything further has been said >about getting it into mainline. Was also wondering if there was a lot >of work going into it right now, or are people tied up doing other >things? > >If anyone has time for an answer it'd be appreciated by everyone I'm sure, > >Gratefully, > >avuton >-- > Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. > >