Re: NCR 810 drivers are bad with disk errors

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:20:09 +0100


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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