Re: 2.3.x wish list?

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Sat, 15 May 1999 21:14:16 +0200


HI!

> > Is there one of these going around yet? Here are the features that I
> > would enjoy, and I believe are kernel space issues:
> >
> > - Encryption at the IP level (IPsec?)
> > - ext2 is showing its age on larger partitions; my 3 9 gig drives
> > take about a half hour to fsck, and up to a minute just to mount.
> > My database server will need support for +2gig files by the end
> > of the year. "go to a 64 bit machine" is not reasonable for
> > everyone. 8^)
> > - GGI
> A small wishlist from a simple end user..
>
> Maybe USB support could be included into the 2.3 series?
> More and more hardware (scanners, camera's) is supporting mainly USB, so
> I think it's just a matter of time before more people would like the
> linux kernel to support it too..

USB support _is_ there. (It may or may not work but it is included in 2.3.1.)

Pavel
PS: It is present even in 2.2.8+, but it is well hidden by # in Config.in

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