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OMFS and the value of obscure filesystems

Posted Apr 25, 2008 18:24 UTC (Fri) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
Parent article: OMFS and the value of obscure filesystems

I seem to remember a presentation from a leading kernel hacker that urged hardware vendors to
merge their drivers to the mainline even if it has only one user. I can't find that
presentation right now, but did something changed since then?

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Posted Jul 31, 2008 5:21 UTC (Thu) by tsavola (subscriber, #37605) [Link]

There's a fundamental difference between "the first user" and "the last user."