Re: (reiserfs) Re: New Linux 2.5 - 2.6 TODO (Alan Cox suggestsdelaying

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 11:52:57 EDT

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    > > using code duplication. Give us a license to change buffer.c code to be more
    > > general and we will.
    >
    > A license? buffer.c is GPLed, surely, along with the rest of the kernel.
    > What's the problem?

    Different meaning . Linus wants journalling code not to interfere with the
    core buffer.c code. So that given a problem you can see if its journalling
    or non journalling and so that non journalling people dont get bitten

    Its a modularity thing

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