From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 03:56:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 03:56:23 -0400 Received: from f00f.stub.clear.net.nz ([203.167.224.51]:28169 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 03:56:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:56:07 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Richard Gooch , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Getting FS access events Message-ID: <20010515195607.A13722@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <200105150649.f4F6nwD22946@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:13:13AM -0700 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:13:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: We should not create crap code just because we _can_. How about removing code? In 2.5.x is we move fs metadata into the pagecache, do we even need a buffer cache anymore? Can't we just ditch it completely and make all device access raw? It seems to me this is not only simple but also elegant, or perhaps I am fundamentally missing something? --cw