I thought the original filesystem for Irix, EFS, was the Extended File
System ?! If it wasn't, then what did EFS stand for?
Someone pleeaaaase clear this oh-so unimportant trivia up!
Kai.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-xfs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-xfs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Koren
> Sent: 22 August 2003 01:22
> To: Steve Lord; linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: The X in XFS
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> Hi Steve,
>
>
> Sorry to disagree with you, but X really did stand
> for something. The early design documents (which
> may have vanished by the time Cray was acquired)
> referred to the "eXtended File System".
>
> Incidentally, XFS was developed in Mountain View,
> not in Eagan ;-)
>
>
>
> Dan Koren
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Lord" <lord@xxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:09 AM
> Subject: The X in XFS
>
>
> > Just in case you were wondering what X stood for in XFS -
> some folks
> > out there seem to be putting the X in the middle of words recently.
> >
> > The X does not stand for anything except X, it is not eXtent, or
> > eXtended or any other word.
> >
> > Originally the project was internally refered to as xFS, presumably
> > until marketing came up with a letter or name which was deemed
> > acceptable. After a while the x just stuck without having a meaning
> > assigned to it, and it was capitalized.
> >
> > Think of it as a little like the G in GNU, the X in XFS
> stands for XFS
> > ;-)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --
> >
> > Steve Lord voice:
> +1-651-683-3511
> > Principal Engineer, Filesystem Software email: lord@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
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