Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> It is then simple to follow that train of logic: why not make it easy
> to replace the directory algorithm [and associated metadata]? or the
> file data space management algorithms? or even the inode handling?
> why not allow customers to replace a stock algorithm with an exotic,
> site-specific one?
IMVHO, such experiments should/must be done in userspace. And AFAICS, they
can today.
Go wild, but leave the kernel alone.
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