Re: [NEWS] Extended attributes interface changes

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 04:08:36PM -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
> Nathan Scott wrote:
> > 
> > >From an end-user point of view, we will need to make a transition
> > from using our current system call interfaces for EAs and ACLs to
> > the new interfaces.  This affects both the kernel and a number of
> > the userspace tools and libraries.  We've considered attempting to
> 
> Do I read this correctly, it appears that only tools and kernels change,
> current XFS filesystems themselves will remain unchanged for this
> purpose, and fully compatible with newer tools and kernels?

Yes, the ondisk formats remain unchanged, incl. the ondisk ACL
format (which is also the same as the IRIX/XFS Posix ACL format).

cheers.

-- 
Nathan