Re: reiser4 plugins

Hans Reiser
2005-06-27T03:48:50Z

David Masover wrote:

> Hans Reiser wrote:
>
> >David Masover wrote:
>
>
> >>Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:58:07 CDT, David Masover said:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>"Plugins" is a bad word. This user's combination of plugins is most
> >>>>likely identical to other users', it's just which ones are
> enabled, and
> >>>>which aren't? If they are all included, I assume they play nice.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Which ones are enabled. Exactly.
>
>
> >Reiser4 plugins are not per user, but per kernel. They are compiled
> >in. The model is intended to ease the development process, nothing
> >more. Apologies if the naming suggests more.
>
>
> But, to avoid confusion, the inclusion of a crytocompress plugin in a
> given kernel doesn't mean that all files accessed from that kernel are
> encrypted and compressed. It just means that you can pick an individual
> file and set it to be transparently encrypted/compressed.
>
> That is what I meant by "enabled". Not per-user, but per-file.
>
You are correct.