Re: de-modularising for the win!

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Chris Snook wrote:
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Chris Snook wrote:
>>> -CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m
>>> +CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
>>>
>>> I've been wondering for years why we weren't already doing this.
>> see above, but I can live with it.  Will we add ext4 and xfs (and
>> reiserfs and jfs) too?
> 
> Having one root-suitable filesystem built-in makes it easier to do a lot of 
> atypical boot configurations, which are becoming rather interesting thanks to 
> virtualization.  If we're going to pick one, I think ext3 makes the most sense. 
>   I don't see a lot of benefit to building in xfs, reiserfs, or jfs, and I think 
> we should definitely keep ext4 modular in its current stage of development.
> 
> -- Chris

Yeah, I agree, that's fair.  (I wasn't really too serious about linking
in every fs ...)  Optimizing for the common case(s) makes sense.

-Eric

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