ReiserFS (was Re: Benefits of Linux/Alpha over Linux/x86?)

[Ross A Knepper <rak zk3 dec com>]

sorry for the late reply but i've been out of town ...

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> I'm kinda looking at using ReiserFS, but no one knows what kinda of
> locking issues (if any) to expect running NFS on it.

reiserFS is okay, but i wouldnt count on running it on an alpha anytime in
the near future.  last i checked (a few months ago) it was a rat's nest of
unaligned data that would take a somewhat major redesign to fix.

i doubt it will get included into the kernel without being fixed.  or to
be precise, i HOPE it won't get into the kernel without being fixed.  it's
the closest thing to a functional journalling FS on intel, but not even
close on alpha.

 -ross