Hello,
I was looking for something like tmpfs, but with additional feature -
that all the files in that file system would be compressed.
I think it could be nice for one's RAM, especially in embedded
devices/diskless stations, at a little expense of efficiency.
Is there such a feature in 2.4 kernel yet, and, if not, where should I
look for it?
There is e2compr module on http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2compr/, but
I'm not sure if it can be easily applied to 2.4.22 kernel (seems like
it's for 2.4.17 kernels only).
Regards,
Tomasz Chmielewski
On Mon, 10 November 2003 13:49:16 +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>
> I was looking for something like tmpfs, but with additional feature -
> that all the files in that file system would be compressed.
>
> I think it could be nice for one's RAM, especially in embedded
> devices/diskless stations, at a little expense of efficiency.
>
> Is there such a feature in 2.4 kernel yet, and, if not, where should I
> look for it?
>
> There is e2compr module on http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2compr/, but
> I'm not sure if it can be easily applied to 2.4.22 kernel (seems like
> it's for 2.4.17 kernels only).
Jffs2 on a ramdisk comes close to what you want. For something
better, you have to code it up yourself.
J?rn
--
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-- Theo de Raadt
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was looking for something like tmpfs, but with additional feature -
> that all the files in that file system would be compressed.
I'm working on something like a "compressed read/write loopback device", that
might do what you want.
I hope to have something to show by the end of this week, so if you wait a
little maybe i'll be able to solve your problem :)
--
Paulo Marques
Software Development Department
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