[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on Linux 2.5.x

[Jon Bendtsen]

Steven Jenkins wrote:

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> If it's really true that linux-kernel is *hostile* to the real-world 
> context---how their code is used, and by whom, and for what 
> purpose--then I think they will eventually make themselves irrelvant.
> 
> Linus himself proved that the mightiest Titans can be shaken by a band 
> of upstarts. Do they think they are themselves immune to that?

They dont care, they make the kernel for themselves.


> But I really don't want to carry on too much about this one issue. The 
> real question is: do organizations with a major stake in the future of 
> AFS feel any need to act in concert to advocate for AFS, or are you 
> comfortable with what we have now? If we need to advocate, what should 
> we advocate, and to whom?

They dont need to advocate, they need to show some code, some code
that is clean, pretty, doesnt fsck'up the other kernel code, and then
it will most likely be included.

What is it that so far has made AFS such a big no no in the kernel?




JonB