From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Subject: [TUHS] Unix v6 File System information
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:02:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160222030222.GA26923@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160222015426.DDFE944229@lignose.oclsc.org>
I did some work on the Unix file system:
http://www.sunhelp.org/history/pdf/unix_filesys_extent_like_perf.pdf
I spent a lot of time in bmap and it's amazing how much of the original
design still was there after BSD and Sun. I diffed the code, bmap was
pretty much bmap after all those years.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 08:54:26PM -0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
> Sometime back before the turn of the century, I remember
> writing up a summary of the evolution of the UNIX file
> system, starting with the earliest system I could find
> information for (possibly the PDP-7 system) and running
> through the printed manuals as things changed, up to
> the Seventh Edition.
>
> I think I've found it; I'll look it over and try to put
> it somewhere on the web in the next day or two.
>
> Norman Wilson
> Toronto ON
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2016-02-22 1:54 Norman Wilson
2016-02-22 3:02 ` Larry McVoy [this message]
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2016-02-21 18:59 ` Clem Cole
2016-02-21 19:31 ` arnold
2016-02-21 20:45 ` Will Senn
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2016-02-21 18:36 ` Random832
2016-02-22 13:10 ` ron
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2016-02-21 13:34 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-02-21 15:21 ` Will Senn
2016-02-21 17:21 ` John Cowan
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2016-02-21 10:01 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-03-04 19:10 ` Jacob Ritorto
2016-03-10 8:51 ` Dave Horsfall
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2016-02-21 10:27 ` arnold
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2016-02-21 13:54 ` arnold
2016-02-21 14:40 ` Clement T. Cole
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