Re: Ext2fs and hashed table.

Larry M. Augustin (jwalther@citytel.net)
Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:26:50 +0000 (GMT)


On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:

> The trouble is that you have to do it for _every_ write request in the
> hole, unless you do fancy things with the tree and have a sparse map
> --- in which case you're losing a lot of the intended efficiency gain
> anyway. The direct map table seems to be a better idea all round for
> writing into holes.

Whats so important about holes anyways? No other FS has them.