Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:43:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:43:40 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:7951 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:43:20 -0400 Subject: Re: New SYM53C8XX driver in 2.4.3-ac5 FIXES CD Writing!!!! To: grantma@anathoth.gen.nz (Matthew Grant) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:44:54 +0100 (BST) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), grantma@anathoth.gen.nz (Matthew Grant), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Matthew Grant" at Apr 14, 2001 11:37:43 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > A core kernel developer NEEDS to get these features straightened out properly > in a clean fashion. People WANT reiserfs integrated and working with LVM and Note _clean_ > It does not look like that much work is needed to fix the stuff the base kernel > and get better integration of these features. The rough edges on them make us > look like a bunch of amatuers. Lots of work needs doing. The entire quota code needs rewriting and that won't happen until 2.5. The reiser+nfs stuff is probably also 2.5 > Alan, will you look into it as a project??? Not interested. Now is stabilizing time, not stuffing crap into the kernel tree time. Vendors can (and will) ship stuff which is workable but not clean, and they will hopefully over time fix up the stuff they care about and submit it. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/