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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:32:25 -0700
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Spam <spam@tnonline.net> wrote:
>
> > In other words, if reiserfs does something special, we should make 
> > standard interfaces for doing that special thing, so that everybody can
> > do it without stepping on other peoples toes.
> 
>   Agreed  that would be the best. But how much time and effort will it
>   be

Zero.

We can add these new features tomorrow, as reiser4-only features, with a
plan in hand to generalise them later.

-->>__if__<<-- we think these are features which Linux should offer.