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 10:33:40 -0800 Message-ID: <44185E04.5030307@namesys.com> References: <3aa654a40603140241s5d8a7430j6bf29a5ef7dd1bf5@mail.gmail.com> <4417D43A.2070603@namesys.com> <3aa654a40603150459q25507248v54f4ffef5e41042d@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: <3aa654a40603150459q25507248v54f4ffef5e41042d@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Avuton Olrich Cc: ReiserFS List Avuton Olrich wrote: >On 3/15/06, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Avuton Olrich wrote: >> >> >>>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 refering to this post: >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113775878722100&w=2 > >Thanks for all the answers >-- >avuton >-- > Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. > > Oh, well, the overall tone of that email is not all that negative. We will work on the 4k at a time issue, overcome that issue technically, and then after that is resolved deal with generating desire for a filesystem that is 2x (reiser4.0) to 4x (4.1alpha with compression) faster.