Who, just out of interest?
I thought it would be a nice idea, and so a couple of weeks ago, I
started writing one. It's still got a long way to go, and so if other
people are nearing completion on a similiar system, it would be good to
know before I waste too much time on my project...
However, a few points on mine:
o It's not ext2 compatible, partly because it can lead to more efficient
use of space, and also I don't ever want to write to a block that is
currently allocated. It seems to make things harder to try and get
ext2 and a journalling system to co-exist for little benefit.
o I'm going to support over 4Gb files internally.
o I *want* to support ACLs, as I use them a lot under Solaris. However,
there appears to be no defined interface to the kernel for them. Do I
just invent an interface, or shall I submit a document proposing a new
interface on this list. Perhaps Solaris' acl() and facl() calls should
be used as a model.
o I'm using 32-bit UID/GID in the filesystem.
Ralf.
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