LWN.net reports that Linus Torvalds has merged the XFS file system into his development version of the Linux kernel. This means that it will become one of the filesystems supported in a future release of the kernel.

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About XFS

On May 1 2001, SGI made available Release 1.0 of its high-end XFS file system for Linux. XFS, widely recognized as the industry-leading high-performance filesystem, provides rapid recovery from system crashes and the ability to support extremely large disk farms. XFS is the first journaled filesystem for Linux available today that has a proven track record in production environments since late 1994. For a listing of the capabilities and specifications of XFS, see XFS for Linux Features. XFS is licensed under the GPL.

 
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