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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: fs patches part 1/3
Message-ID: <2153@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 14 Mar 89 15:33:49 GMT
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Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
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In article <658@forty2.UUCP> poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) writes:
>The following patches to fs take minix a small step on the way to
>some POSIX compatiblity, while they where developed on a ST, I don't
>know of any reason why they shouldn't work on a PC. 

Very nice and keep up the good work!  When I get done with my architecture
book I'll take a closer look at this stuff with an eye to incorporating it into
V2.0.  By then we will probably have more feedback from users.

General note to other people interested in making changes toward POSIX.
Please try to resist the temptation to make a lot of non-POSIX related
changes at the same time (e.g., a nonblocking FS).  Since we have a pretty
stable system now, I am hoping to make the minimal changes necessary to
achieve POSIX conformance.  I hope we can end up with one FS and one MM
that work on the PC, AT, 386, and ST with only a few #ifdefs.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)