[OpenAFS] OpenAFS and http://www.kernel.org

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:27:27 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Paul Blackburn wrote:

> One of the impediments for OpenAFS [1] is the proliferation
> of Linux distributions each with their own kernel ports.
> 
> Example: Mandrake 9.0 [2] is not currently "supported" by OpenAFS.
> 
> Would it be possible to take the kernel parts of OpenAFS
> and integrate them into the main Linux kernel [3] releases?
> 
> If this were achieved, would it not make the task of making
> OpenAFS available in new distro releases a whole lot simpler?

This really isn't the right week to go there. I'll just say "I don't think
it's going to happen"