Matthew Dillon wrote: > :Just curious what the new directory hash will be. Is it "just" a > :different, improved hash-function with less collisions, or something > :completely different. > : > :And in general (for my personal understanding of how things work), > :how does hashing work together with the b-tree? There is no hash-table > :at all, I guess. What you do is to compare a 64-bit hash-key instead of > :doing a string-comparison of the file name. Is that correct? > : > :Regards, > : > : Michael > > It's a hash with semi-sorted characteristics. > > I'll post it as soon as I hear back from an expert I emailed it > to, unless he shoots it down in which case it will never see the > light of day :-)
Do you want to share it for the technically interested, if just to witness how file system development is working? :) cheers simon
