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Why do ext2 inodes only have 12 direct blocks?
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I'm currently writing a hobby file-system for fun. I was wondering if anyone knows why or where I could get information on the design philosophy of ext2.
Specifically, I was wondering why each inode has only 12 direct blocks? Why not 13, or 100?
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I'm currently writing a hobby file-system for fun. I was wondering if anyone knows why or where I could get information on the design philosophy of ext2.
Specifically, I was wondering why each inode has only 12 direct blocks? Why not 13, or 100?
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In order to fit astruct ext2_inodein 128 bytes?
– mosvy
7 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago
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I'm currently writing a hobby file-system for fun. I was wondering if anyone knows why or where I could get information on the design philosophy of ext2.
Specifically, I was wondering why each inode has only 12 direct blocks? Why not 13, or 100?
files filesystems inode ext2 unix-philosophy
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I'm currently writing a hobby file-system for fun. I was wondering if anyone knows why or where I could get information on the design philosophy of ext2.
Specifically, I was wondering why each inode has only 12 direct blocks? Why not 13, or 100?
files filesystems inode ext2 unix-philosophy
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In order to fit astruct ext2_inodein 128 bytes?
– mosvy
7 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago
add a comment |
1
In order to fit astruct ext2_inodein 128 bytes?
– mosvy
7 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago
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In order to fit a
struct ext2_inode in 128 bytes?– mosvy
7 hours ago
In order to fit a
struct ext2_inode in 128 bytes?– mosvy
7 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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In order to fit a
struct ext2_inodein 128 bytes?– mosvy
7 hours ago
Oh, right... that's a pretty good proposition, I guess you could get rid of some reserved fields but fitting it into 128 bytes makes a lot of sense.
– Joe Thomas
4 hours ago