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From: robbe@orcus.ping.at (Robert Bihlmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem
Date: 18 Mar 1996 09:24:02 +0100
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Hi,

>>>>> In article <314C8736.27CE1E1D@netcom.com>,
>>>>> Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> writes:

 Adam> Terry Lambert wrote:

 >> This is a strawman.  Whether it creates fragmentation is a
 >> function of the hosting FS.  For DOS, it creates fragmentation;
 >> for a modern FS, that really isn't a problem.

 Adam> But when you store all the EA's in a single file, [...]

Who would want that? We do that for permissions (and long names) under
umsdos and it is, well -- a hack.

But in a new design... Something like associating a second list of
blocks (containing extended metadata, or EAs, call it what you like)
with an inode.

	Robbe