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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: rhw@InfraDead.Org
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Harry Kalogirou <harkal@gmx.net>,
	Linux-8086 <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Filesystem creation
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:47:14 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E177gOI-0008QS-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0205141337210.12716-100000@Consulate.UFP.CX> from "Riley Williams" at May 14, 2002 01:44:32 PM

> > That would break the expected but daft old Unix API
> 
> I have to admit that I didn't even know there was a Unix API to break
> and from a personal viewpoint I'd be a lot more interested in building
> compatibility to the current Linux system on the assumption that if the
> API is important in the Unix world as a whole, then Linux will already
> follow it, and if Linux doesn't, then the API can't be that important.

Linux fdisk/mkfs also behave the same wacky way

Alan

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-14 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-12  1:23 Filesystem creation lnordstrom
2002-05-12 20:04 ` Riley Williams
2002-05-13  8:59 ` Javier Sedano
2002-05-13 12:02   ` Harry Kalogirou
2002-05-13 17:42     ` Riley Williams
2002-05-13 23:52       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-14  6:56         ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 12:44         ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 17:47           ` Alan Cox [this message]
2002-05-14 17:59             ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 23:41               ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 17:52                 ` Riley Williams
     [not found]     ` <3CE0283D.264@havn.com>
2002-05-14 21:01       ` Harry Kalogirou
2002-05-15  1:18         ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 17:05         ` Riley Williams
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-13  2:33 lnordstrom
2002-05-12 23:07 ` Riley Williams
2002-05-13 14:22   ` Dan Olson
2002-05-13 17:36     ` Riley Williams
2002-05-13 23:50       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-14  0:12         ` Dan Olson
2002-05-14  7:06           ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 23:31             ` Dan Olson
2002-05-14  6:54         ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 23:36           ` Dan Olson
2002-05-14  0:19       ` Dan Olson
2002-05-14  6:42         ` Riley Williams
2002-05-14 23:48           ` Dan Olson
2002-05-15  0:12             ` Alan Cox

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