Re: XFS and journalling filesystems

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 24 May 1999 20:47:09 +0100 (BST)

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> journalling filesystem will be opensourced this summer) what is "the
> panel's" view of the continuing devlopment of ext3/whatever the linux
> jfs will be called. Should we adopt XFS as the defacto replacement for
> ext2?

XFS is 50,000 odd lines of mainframe class filing system code. Its unlikely
to be the ideal fs for a small appliance or a desktop at home even if
it kicks butt as a server fs.

Alan

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