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List:       linux-xfs
Subject:    Re: [NEWS] Extended attributes interface changes
From:       Seth Mos <knuffie () xs4all ! nl>
Date:       2002-01-31 23:20:27
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At 16:08 31-1-2002 -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
>Do I read this correctly, it appears that only tools and kernels change,
>current XFS filesystems themselves will remain unchanged for this
>purpose, and fully compatible with newer tools and kernels?

The on-disk format will not change. Doing so would break Irix compatibility.

I don't think it will ever change, if it does it won't be called XFS but 
perhaps XFSv2 :-)

Cheers

--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.

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