Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> The one on-topic issue I see here is whether the original case as >> presented was complete without a consumer for this new directory type >> information. I didn't see a consumer, so should that part be deferred >> until there's something that can actually make use of this >> information? > > The consumer was mentioned I believe; it's "MacOS X". > > The initial consumer, then, would be the MacOS X kernel code.
That's correct. It's in Sun's and the OpenSolaris community's interest to keep the ZFS on-disk format the same between all implementations. Due to various logistical issues, it's easiest for us (Sun) to make this change for OSX, to ensure that the on-disk format does not deviate. --matt
