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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!news.ping.at!orcus.ping.at!orcus.ping.at!not-for-mail 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 Organization: At Orcus Lines: 21 Sender: robbe@orcus.ping.at Message-ID: <wsenqqx10e.fsf@orcus.ping.at> References: <4gejrb$ogj@floyd.sw.oz.au> <4gilab$97u@park.uvsc.edu> <4giqu8$aqk@park.uvsc.edu> <4gira2$a9d@park.uvsc.edu> <hpa.31321eee.I.use.Linux@freya.yggdrasil.com> <4h7t5i$qoh@park.uvsc.edu> <DnoqB4.2sy@pe1chl.ampr.org> <glDH59i00YUvFFjspX@andrew.cmu. <4hptj4$cf4@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4i1t4s$muj@shelby.visix.com> <31462C1C.686CE00F@netcom.com> <4if8j6$4kh@park.uvsc.edu> <314C8736.27CE1E1D@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orcus.ping.at In-reply-to: Adam Megacz's message of Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:42:14 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:19569 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15604 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