Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: VFS 64-bit clean | Date | 24 Feb 1998 00:07:48 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980223135659.16602D-100000@vuser.vu.union.edu> By author: Rob Hagopian <hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I agree, ext2fs has some serious shortcomings performance wise if it were > moved to 64-bit. However, the scope of that project is much too large to > handle and be done in a reasonable amount of time. I believe that there is > an ext3fs project out and about right now (?) which is dealing with these > issues. Personally, I'd support making a clean 64-bit ext3fs based > directly off of ext2fs and moving the current ext3fs to ext4fs. The other > advantage is that making a working 64-bit fs now (slow or not) can get the > VFS layer 64-bit clean ASAP rather than waiting for a "better" 64-bit fs > implementation. > -Rob H.
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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