> > OK, let's start with the design constraints for such an FS:
>
> Did you take a look at smugfs by mj? I think that most of this is
> already done.
I haven't actually read the code or tried it, but I
did follow the discussions closely.
> > - directories should be kept out of the way of files
>
> Not sure how it does this one. I'm not sure if smugfs even supports
> directories :-).
It doesn't. If we are serious about large-file filesystem
support, we probably shouldn't snip my design constraits
and get the coding bulldogs out :-)
Of course, we should reuse as much of ext2 as posssible,
since that means bugfree, fast and nonbloating code.
Rik.
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