From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 2838 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2020 18:53:20 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 11 Apr 2020 18:53:20 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EF3CD944C2; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:53:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DC59448B; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:53:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 06A1B9448B; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:52:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB37694486 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:52:57 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 03BIqlW5029182 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:52:47 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 03BIqlsD029181; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:52:47 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202004111852.03BIqlsD029181@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:52:47 -0600 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, norman@oclsc.org References: <20200411153844.910A04422F@lignose.oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <20200411153844.910A04422F@lignose.oclsc.org> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] V8, V9 and V10 now in the "Unix Tree" X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" norman@oclsc.org (Norman Wilson) wrote: > The kernel was a clean break, however: 4.1xBSD for some > value of x (probably 4.1a but I don't remember which) > with Research changes. By the time of V8, that means: > .... > -- Berkeley FFS replaced by Weinberger's bitmapped > file system: As far as I understand it, the Berkeley FFS didn't appear until much closer to 4.2; it was definitely not in 4.1 and was likely not in 4.1a. Which would explain why V8 would have still had the 14 character filename limit. > essentially the V7 file system except > the free list was a bitmap and the blocksize was 4KiB. ISTR that System V picked this up at some point also, although I don't recall if the bigger block size was 1K or 4K. I may be misremembering though. Thanks, Arnold