Re: VFS 64-bit clean

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:25:01 -0500 (EST)

What, you can't backup and restore when ext4fs comes out with b-tree
directories and no more triple/quad indirect inodes? Filesystems also have
to be rock solid. ext2fs is pretty darn close, and doing a clean extension
to 64-bit wouldn't jeopradize that. As soon as you start tossing in things
like b-trees you increase the amount of testing that needs to be done
dramaticly, and that takes lots of time. People need this now.
-Rob H.

On 24 Feb 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> No, please! The filesystems is a compatibility issue, and having
> fewer is better. At the very least use B-trees or something for
> directories.
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