Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-20,: Re: EFS in 2.3.2 ???

# Re: EFS in 2.3.2 ???

Matthew M. Copeland (matthewc@designlab.ukans.edu)
Sun, 16 May 1999 07:32:38 -0500 (CDT)

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I am going to hazard a guess that EFS is the EFS filesystem from under
IRIX. It was the filesystem they used before XFS (which is there
journaled filesystem) prior to IRIX 6.x (At least, that is when we
started using XFS.)

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Matthew M. Copeland copeland@eagle.cc.ukans.edu
DesignLab SysAdmin matthewc@designlab.ukans.edu
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Riley Williams wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I note that the 2.3.2 kernel tree includes a new filesystem called
> EFS, but there is apparently no documentation on what it is - no
> entries in Configure.help and nothing elsewhere in the Documentation
> tree either...
>
> Does anybody know anything about this file system and what it's for?
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
> | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
> | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
> | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
> * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
>
>
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