Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...]
> It is then simple to follow that train of logic: why not make it easy > to replace the directory algorithm [and associated metadata]? or the > file data space management algorithms? or even the inode handling? > why not allow customers to replace a stock algorithm with an exotic, > site-specific one? IMVHO, such experiments should/must be done in userspace. And AFAICS, they can today. Go wild, but leave the kernel alone. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
