Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:53:49 +0530
From:      A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        brandon@roguetrader.com (Brandon Gillespie), wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, koshy@postbox.india.hp.com
Subject:   Re: Known problems with async ufs? 
Message-ID:  <199709250428.VAA18568@palrel1.hp.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:59:38 GMT." <199709242259.PAA22462@usr03.primenet.com> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>>>> "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com> writes

> They addressed this somewhat by guaranteeing that metadata writes would
> be ordered.  It's unclear whether this infringes on USL's Delayed
> Ordered Writes patent.

EXT2FS has been around for a long time.  Wouldn't the DOW patent be 
invalid on the grounds of ``prior art'' if the technology was similar?

Just curious.

Koshy
<koshy@india.hp.com>			My Personal Opinions Only.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199709250428.VAA18568>