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XFS Merged into Linux 2.4
Alphix writes "As noted on KernelTrap Marcelo has merged XFS into 2.4 after a code review by Christoph Hellwig. The mail from Marcelo on LKML is here. Apparently it touched very little VFS code so people not using XFS shouldn't see any ill effects from this (it's even supposed to fix some VFS bugs).
XFS is described by SGI as '...a journalling filesystem developed by SGI and used in SGI's IRIX operating system. It is now also available under GPL for linux. It is extremely scalable, using btrees extensively to support large and/or sparse files, and extremely large directories. The journalling capability means no more waiting for fsck's or worrying about meta-data corruption.' Let the stability vs. new-features flamewar begin."
YODA DOLL MERGED INTO MY ASSHOLE!
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Marcelo is a funny name
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Talk about an understatement.
XFS almost didnt make it in. he said it was a kernel 2.4 feature. his lazy as ADMITTED he didnt like the XFS coding style he is a fucking ass.
Also, I found broken shit in linux and he told me that instead of trying to fix it i should just disable it or not compile it. he also sabotaged libata and made claims about about 2.6 is stable - which it isnt, its pathetic under load.
for those who havent figured it out. Ingo Molnar, Tosatti, Torvalds - FUCKING FRAUDS. If you used Solaris, FreeBSD or even WINDOWS 2000/2003 you would know JUST HOW SHITTY FUCKING LINSUX IS.
I used to like it but fuck it now. Fucking sucks.
THese half assed hacks do whatever whenever however all emprically. They care about mice and XMMS but never about real performance. THey jerk vendors around. The fucking shit. Linux's Hardware Compatibility List is 10 times shorter than windows, ESPECIALLY ON DECENT HARDWARE.
Its a sca anda crock of shit. Lin-sux doesnt even fucking deserve XFS.
I used Lin-sux since kernel 1.0. it will always be unfinished, with severe attention defecit ruling the roost.
Bill Joy says it best: it re-implements something I did in 1979, big deal.
You know, the saddest part of Lin-sux is that it has to date INNOVATED NOTHING, just half assed copied shit from other OSen.
From Debian, to Gentoo Genital Too, to RedHat Enterprise Server 3.0, its SHIT. and you fucking losers who cant figure it out - go worship Marcelo Fucking Loser Tosatti the curt rude childish know nothing prick.