Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: switching file systems
Message-ID: <1989Oct5.181148.8229@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <24987@louie.udel.EDU> <2453@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 89 18:11:48 GMT

In article <2453@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) writes:
>> The kernel switch a la V8 is a good idea and should be simple enough.
>
>I find it hard to believe that someone as knowledgeable as Marty
>could have posted this. Trading a one time minor task for a kludge
>that would complicate the logic of a critical element of the system
>and would add confusion, overhead, and bug-proneness for the long
>term isn't sensible.

Filesystem switches have many uses other than filesystem conversions.
And that "one time minor task" is one-time and minor only if it works
perfectly the first time.  Ask people about their 4.1BSD->4.2BSD conversions.
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