On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:40:58AM -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote: > > The embedded people already use them > >on flash which is a little dumb, but now we add even more cludge for > >a non-block based access. > > Please justify your assertion that using cramfs on flash is dumb. > What would be not dumb? In an embedded system with addressable Flash > the linear addressing cramfs is simple and elegant solution.
Have to agree with Jared here, cramfs is a perfectly sensible thing to use on many platforms. Adding the ability to make particular files XIP on those platforms is also quite reasonable. The alternative would be to add a whole new filesystem to the kernel (effectively obsoleting cramfs) just to add XIP support or to compile in a second filesystem (ext2 w/XIP) just for a few files. Keeping cramfs as a simple example filesystem is really not all that worthwhile, given it's not much of an example. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
