[ATrpms-users] fuse kmdl

[Jeff Guerdat]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:57:36AM -0500, Jeff Guerdat wrote:
>> Maybe I don't understand the total rationale behind 3rd party 
>> repositories such as ATrpms.
> 
> Let me think. Hm, providing useful extensions and fixes not found in
> the main repos? :) :) :)

I already got THAT part...  ;)

> The userland part is identical to what fedora ships, BUT now you kmdl
> that really bring fuse everywhere up to 2.6.x. The report you quote

This implies that the as-shipped from Redhat fuse package has both 
kernel- and userland parts, correct?  I'm attempting to show my 
ignorance here - is it working?  ;)

> So upgrading to what ATrpms hold means you get the fixed kernel-land
> bits which both old and new ntfs-3g benefit. Furthermore you don't
> need to wait until there is another kernel release by Fedora.

But the kmdl is kernel-dependent so I have to wait for a new kernel to 
appear anyways.  I realize that's not true in this specific case (2869 
is already released and this is a fix for it) but future revisions from 
Redhat *could* make the ATrpms module simply redundant, correct?  Or is 
it more correct to say that ATrpms would generally bring fixes and 
improvements in a faster manner?

Basically, my question is whether there's a guaranteed (more or less) 
improvement in some way over using the Redhat files/method?  I have to 
use your modules for things that Redhat simply doesn't provide but this 
appears to be optional from where I stand at the moment.

> BTW credits go to Paulo Roma Cavalcanti.

Bravo!

-- 
Jeff Guerdat

EROTIC: using a feather.  KINKY: using the whole duck!