Messages in this thread | | | Date | 01 Jan 1998 17:09:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: Filesystem optimization.. |
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michael@metal.iinet.net.au (Michael O'Reilly) wrote on 30.12.97 in <x7ra6vxytz.fsf@metal.iinet.net.au>:
> hans@grumbeer.inka.de (Hans-Joachim Baader) writes:
> > I guess something should be done, but not this way. There are > > several new filesystems under construction. Perhaps one of these > > can implement some optimizations. > > There are indeed a number under development, but I was more looking > for something that would be useable in the short term.
No way your proposal would be stable in any sort of short term.
> Ext2 is a nice fast filesystem. This is a relatively small change that > would hopefully make it faster yet, without noticeable cost.
This is a fairly dramatic change. The result is no more ext2 than ext2 is minix.
MfG Kai
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