Re: ext3 vs. JFS file locations...

H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-05T02:49:34Z

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,
> Dominik Kubla
>

Because -fs is usually used by filesystems itself. Since the journaling
layer doesn't really have a publically visible name, it's easy to change.

-hpa

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