Re: reiserfs on all my SRM-alpha drives: how I did it

[Michal Jaegermann <michal ellpspace math ualberta ca>]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:13:46AM -0500, James D. Freels wrote:
> 
> I am also aware of the other journaling filesystems available (ext3, 
> jfs (IBM), xfs (SGI)), but until these are in the kernel proper, I am 
> not interested in patching.  Are their plans to include any of these in 
> the kernel?

As I wrote - ext3 is already an integral part of "ac" series.  It will
likely show up in "Linus kernels" RSN as well.  There are also already
patched "vendor" kernels with ext3 - sources and binaries.

Both 'jfs' and 'xfs' will likely show up in "standard" sources as well
but in a longer perspective. 'jfs' is still having "issues".  'xfs',
from what I understand, intervenes now quite deeply into other kernel
structures and it may be not very surprising to see yet a more thorough
rewrite of it, or two.  Or maybe there will be a better fit later but
do not expect that in 2.4.

You can track status of these at
<http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/>, and
<http://oss.lotus.com/jfs/>.

There are people using both but they are not recommended in this moment
for a "production".

   Michal