cramfs filesystem patch for 2.4.0

2001-01-15 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Here is an update of my patch for the cramfs filesystem for 2.4.0 with a few minor additions. See below for the list of changes. It's backward-compatible and only modifies cramfs code (aside from adding cramfs to struct super_block). All old cramfs images will still work and new cramfs images a

Re: cramfs filesystem patch

2000-12-14 Thread Shane Nay
On Saturday 09 December 2000 06:39, Tim Riker wrote: > I'd like to see these patches as well. They may be useful on the iPAQ > (and similar hardware like my Yopy here... ;-) > > I wish some hardware vendor out there would build an x86 box that used > memory addressable flash from 0 up and RAM up h

Re: cramfs filesystem patch

2000-12-13 Thread Shane Nay
Daniel, > Have you done a comparison of LZO against zlib (decompression > speed/size vs. compression ratio)? It uses less RAM/CPU to decompress > at the cost of wasting storage space, but it's hard to make a decision > without real numbers. I can't do a test on speed because I haven't had time

Re: cramfs filesystem patch

2000-12-08 Thread Tim Riker
I'd like to see these patches as well. They may be useful on the iPAQ (and similar hardware like my Yopy here... ;-) I wish some hardware vendor out there would build an x86 box that used memory addressable flash from 0 up and RAM up higher. A simple Linux kernel boot loader could then replace th

Re: cramfs filesystem patch

2000-12-08 Thread Shane Nay
On Friday 08 December 2000 05:11, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > Here's a patch for the cramfs filesystem. Lots of improvements and a > new cramfsck program, see below for the full list of changes. > > It only modifies cramfs code (aside from adding cramfs to struct > super_block) and aims to be complet

cramfs filesystem patch

2000-12-07 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Here's a patch for the cramfs filesystem. Lots of improvements and a new cramfsck program, see below for the full list of changes. It only modifies cramfs code (aside from adding cramfs to struct super_block) and aims to be completely backward-compatible. All old cramfs images will still work a