Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:46:18 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.11pre2 proposed patch |
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Ion Badulescu wrote:
> Ok. How about this: since even FAT32 is really FAT28, change the current > inode generation scheme to generate inode numbers greater than 2^28, and > use it only for empty files; for everything else, use the cluster number. > > Would this work? It seems quite reasonable to me.
No, it will not work. Empty file may become non-empty and vice versa. Inumber shouldn't change. Please, look into the archives - all this stuff had been discussed *many* times back in January.
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