Re: MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions

On 07/17/2012 22:54, Gustau P廨ez i Querol wrote:
> In fact filesystems not particulary specific and not tied our kernel
> would go to userspace; thinks like smbfs, nwfs, ntfs, ext2 o ext4 for
> example should be in userspace

Doug Barton responded:

> A big -1 here.

> The more native FS support we have the better off we are in terms of
> both people migrating from other OS', and people who need to maintain
> compatibility with other OS'. Personally I use both msdosfs and ext2fs
> extensively for the latter purpose, and would not want to see either
> removed.

> Doug

Doug, I agree!  I too use msdosfs and ext2fs for communication with other OSes.

I've posted messages in previous threads on this topic relating to 
lingua franca file system.

Tom
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