Re: metadata plugins (was Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion)

Łukasz Mierzwa
2006-07-30T10:14:13Z

Dnia Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:31:59 +0200, David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com>
napisał:

> Nikita Danilov wrote:
>
>> As you see, ext2 code already has multiple file "plugins", with
>> persistent "plugin id" (stored in i_mode field of on-disk struct
>> ext2_inode).
>
> Aha! So here's another question: Is it fair to ask Reiser4 to make its
> plugins generic, or should we be asking ext2/3 first?
>

Doesn't iptables have plugins? Maybe we should make them generic so other
packet filters can use them ;)