From: card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: ext fs progs version alpha 10 Date: 17 Nov 1992 16:35:53 GMT
In article <1992Nov16.202419.24516@sfu.ca> rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes:
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>Is the efs ready to be called the "linux" file system? I mean, used
>as the default on linux? (it has seemed pretty stable for some time
>now).
In fact, I don't think that there is a default fs. Linux understands
the minix file system and the extended file system and everybody can
choose the file system type to use.
>
>There was talk a while back about a new incompatible efs that would
>be faster (use bitmaps maybe)? Is this true or just net.folklore?
>Has it already happened and I just blinked at the wrong moment?
>Right now my efs is noticeably slower than my linux root partition.
It's true. However, I have not worked hard on it during
two months so I am late for the release (see my previous post
on the subject).
>
>Thanks and keep up the good work!
>
>- Ken