From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262980AbVFXBWu (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:22:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262983AbVFXBWu (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:22:50 -0400 Received: from hummeroutlaws.com ([12.161.0.3]:270 "EHLO atpro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262980AbVFXBUl (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:20:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:19:28 -0400 From: Jim Crilly To: Avuton Olrich Cc: Adrian Ulrich , Horst von Brand , ninja@slaphack.com, reiser@namesys.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins Message-ID: <20050624011928.GO21897@mail> Mail-Followup-To: Avuton Olrich , Adrian Ulrich , Horst von Brand , ninja@slaphack.com, reiser@namesys.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com References: <42BAC304.2060802@slaphack.com> <200506231924.j5NJOvLA031008@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <20050623221222.33074838.reiser4@blinkenlights.ch> <3aa654a405062314296a4ca2ae@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3aa654a405062314296a4ca2ae@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 06/23/05 02:29:21PM -0700, Avuton Olrich wrote: > On 6/23/05, Adrian Ulrich wrote: > > From my POV: > > I've been using Reiser4 for almost everything (Rootfs / External > > Harddrives) for about ~8 Months without any data loss.. > > > > Powerloss, unpluging the Disk while writing, full filesystem, > > heavy use : No problems with reiser4.. It *is* stable. > > *From users who use it* I have heard nothing but love for reiser4. > It's amazing how quickly people seem to be dismissive about what > reiser4 has to offer when they more than likely haven't taken it for a > spin at all. All I hear about is 'we can't let something ugly go into > the stable kernel' then in the same day I looked into some of the > config options... > > CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3: > *snip* > This allows for UltraDMA support for WDC drives that ignore CRC > checking. You are a fool for enabling this option, but there have been > requests. > *snip* That's hardly a good example, that config option, while obviously questionable, only added 2 #ifdef blocks and affects 1 function that's 20 lines long. > > How many have requested that reiser4 make it into the kernel? I'd > imagine many more then requested this IDE feature. And it's an > *option*. Please work something out on this. > > avuton Jim.