> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.971031112339.10824A-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>,
> Chris Evans <chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Features that seem to be essentially "done" code-wise, and I would like to
> >see in the kernel include
> >
> >1) The new RAID levels
> >2) ACL's in ext2
> >3) New filesystems -- HFS, NTFS
> >4) The "privs" root-splitting part of posix.1e
>
> Some more random thoughts:
>
> o Online mirror daemon (the reason for the dentry overhaul)
> o Merging ppp and syncppp, creating modular interface
Sounds good.. Might make ISDN easier..
> o SCSI interface overhaul for error handling etc
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ PLEASE! Bad devices
preety much halt the computer.
> o ext2: compression, ACL
^^^^ The compression patch has been out a long time, and with a little
polishing (the kind you get by having it official) it should be more then
ready for primetime.. Please consider it. This is one of the features we
could really brag about.
ACLs would be nice, I've never seen/tried any acl
patches so I cant say I personally support them..
> o POSIX signals
> o If POSIX signals not implemented, alternative way for syncing
> pthreads (linuxthreads) instead of using SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2
> o NAT
Dont we have this already (masq?) or is there a true NAT that somehow
differs from masq..
> o General serial/auxilary console interface (ME)
Thats in the kernel currently..
o Quota overhall, I've heard people saying one is needed.. I use quotas
on one of my 2.0 boxes.. It works nice, if it's needs an overhaul for 2.1
then please... :)