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Date:      Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:48 +0100
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c 
Message-ID:  <3776.1131609828@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:56:36 %2B1100." <20051110184723.X71304@delplex.bde.org> 

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In message <20051110184723.X71304@delplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes:
>On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>> I don't think I've seen any other proposals than to put it in
>> dirent where it rightfully belongs.
>>
>> The reason it is not in dirent is that UFS/FFS uses dirent as the
>> layout in directories as a microoptimization.
>
>I think the reason is exactly the opposite.

Care to elaborate ?

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