Re: The X in XFS

["Dan Koren" <koren_dan@hotmail.com>]

I'm sorry, but I do not have any XFS design specs or documentation in
my hands. I returned all the documents in my posession when I left
SGI 3 years ago -- even though the XFS ones were technically no
longer confidential. I was relying entirely on my memory when I
posted my earlier comments.


dk




>From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sgi.com>
>To: Dan Koren <koren_dan@hotmail.com>
>CC: Curtis Anderson <curtisanderson1@comcast.net>, Steve Lord 
><lord@sgi.com>,   <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>
>Subject: Re: The X in XFS
>Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:06:07 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Ok, I have nothing better to do this evening... :)
>
>I'm looking at the earliest XFS design paper I can find,
>http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/design_docs/xfsdocs93_pdf/arch.pdf
>
>(Curtis' name is at the top of the authors list)
>
>I do see "xFS" but I do not see "eXtended."  (at least not
>anywhere near the words "File System."
>
>Dan, if you have a different (older?) version, please forward
>it to me - I'd like to add it to our archive of original
>xFS documents.
>
>-Eric
>
>On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Dan Koren wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Well, Curtis, everything is fine and dandy with your
> > version. It still does not explain why the XFS Design
> > Specs refer to "eXtended File System" on the front page.
>
>

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