Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-06 Thread Stephen C. Tweedie
Hi, On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 09:53:41PM -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > The journalling layer for ext3 is not a filesystem by itself. > It is generic journalling code. So, even if IBM did not have > any jfs code, the name would be wrong. Indeed, and the jfs layer will be renamed "jbd" at

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-06 Thread Stephen C. Tweedie
Hi, On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 09:53:41PM -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: The journalling layer for ext3 is not a filesystem by itself. It is generic journalling code. So, even if IBM did not have any jfs code, the name would be wrong. Indeed, and the jfs layer will be renamed "jbd" at some

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-05 Thread James Sutherland
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Dominik Kubla writes: > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > [about IBM's JFS and ext3 both wanting to put code in fs/jfs] > > >> How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as > >> "journal" or

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-05 Thread James Sutherland
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: Dominik Kubla writes: On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: [about IBM's JFS and ext3 both wanting to put code in fs/jfs] How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as "journal" or "jfsl"

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-04 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Dominik Kubla writes: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: [about IBM's JFS and ext3 both wanting to put code in fs/jfs] >> How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as >> "journal" or "jfsl" (Journaling Filesystem Layer?) > > Why? I'd rather

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dominik Kubla wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as > > "journal" or "jfsl" (Journaling Filesystem Layer?) > > > > Why? I'd rather rename IBM's jfs to ibmjfs and be done with it. > >

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dominik Kubla wrote: On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as "journal" or "jfsl" (Journaling Filesystem Layer?) Why? I'd rather rename IBM's jfs to ibmjfs and be done with it. Yours,

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-04 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Dominik Kubla writes: On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:33:10AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: [about IBM's JFS and ext3 both wanting to put code in fs/jfs] How about naming it something that doesn't end in -fs, such as "journal" or "jfsl" (Journaling Filesystem Layer?) Why? I'd rather rename

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Andreas Dilger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Michael Boman writes: > > It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that > > is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for ext3 should be > >

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:38:56PM +, Alan Cox wrote: > [..] while thats very > sensible [..] Not that it matters much but jfs means "journalling filesystem" and fs/jfs isn't a filesystem in the ext3 patch, so it doesn't look that sensible to me. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Andreas Dilger
Michael Boman writes: > It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that > is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for ext3 should be > fs/ext3, no? Actually, if you would look in linux/fs, you will see that ext3 IS in linux/fs/ext3. However, there is a second

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Alan Cox
> It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that > is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for ext3 should be > fs/ext3, no? fs/jfs is the general purpose journalling layer. Of course while thats very sensible it does clash with the ibm jfs. Maybe

ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Michael Boman
Hi Gurus, I was trying to build a super-big kernel with allot of Journaling File System inside it to try out what is best for us to use. Now, I encountered a problem.. It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for

ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Michael Boman
Hi Gurus, I was trying to build a super-big kernel with allot of Journaling File System inside it to try out what is best for us to use. Now, I encountered a problem.. It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Andreas Dilger
Michael Boman writes: It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for ext3 should be fs/ext3, no? Actually, if you would look in linux/fs, you will see that ext3 IS in linux/fs/ext3. However, there is a second

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:38:56PM +, Alan Cox wrote: [..] while thats very sensible [..] Not that it matters much but jfs means "journalling filesystem" and fs/jfs isn't a filesystem in the ext3 patch, so it doesn't look that sensible to me. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

2000-11-03 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Andreas Dilger [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel Michael Boman writes: It seems like both IBM's JFS and ext3 wants to use fs/jfs .. IMHO that is like asking for problem.. A more logic location for ext3 should be fs/ext3, no?