Messages in this thread |  | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: NCR 810 drivers are bad with disk errors | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:20:09 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961112151106.592A-100000@cdlinux01.ntc.nokia.com>, Jari Soderholm <kernel@cdlinux01.ntc.nokia.com> writes: > > I have a feeling from long time use that there is > still some work left to do with Linux filesystems. > and driver interfaces. > That is true. There was a posting to that effect in linux-kernel two weeks ago (from Drew, I think) which went into some depth as to what should be done about the situation.
> Compared for example windows NT NTFS, linux ext2fs > seems to be more error prone and also and I wonder > why filesystem is not planned so that directory > listing would come with minimal head movement. > Probably because nobody has though it _that_ necessary to actually sit down and implement something like this.
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