Re: [2.1.7x+] Fold ms-dos cache into dentry?

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Fri, 05 Dec 1997 08:13:16 -0500


Aaron Tiensivu wrote:

> Would we benefit from folding the seperate MS-DOS/VFAT cache into the
> normal/newer/faster(?) dentry based cache? Reduction of code duplication or
> just a pain in the ass?
>
> Just a thought I had just now.

That probably would be good to do, as a reduction of complexity at
least.

Perhaps someone familiar with the inner workings of msdos fs should
scope this out. I did a little work on msdos fs, but didn't look closely
at the cache code.

Regards,
Bill