Re: PROBLEM: Reiser4 hard lockup

[Edward Shishkin]

On 10/26/2020 02:07 AM, David Niklas wrote:
> I'll reply to both of you in this email.
>
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:04:22 -0700 (PDT)
> Metztli Information Technology <jose.r.r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Niltze, David-
> >
> > A few observations are in order below:
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 1:39 PM David Niklas <Hgntkwis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> <snip>
> > reiser4progs 1.1.x Software Framework Release Number (SFRN) 4.0.1 file
> > system utilities should not be used to check/fix media formatted 'a
> > priori' in SFRN 4.0.2 and vice-versa.
>
> Honestly, this is the first time I've heard about a Linux FS having
> versioning other than a major one


This is because, unlike other Linux file systems, reiser4 is a
framework.

In vanilla kernel having a filesystem-as-framework is discouraged for
ideological reasons. As they explained: "nobody's interested in
plugins". A huge monolithic mess without any internal structure -
welcome :)