To: "raymond jennings" <highwind747@hotmail.com>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:01:59 +0100
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"raymond jennings" <highwind747@hotmail.com> writes:

> Is there any value in creating a new filesystem that encodes long
> contiguous blocks as a single block run instead of multiple block
> numbers?  A long file may use only a few block runs instead of many
> block numbers if there is little fragmentation (usually the case).
> Also dynamic allocation of inodes...etc.  The details are long; anyone
> interested can e-mail me privately.

Congratulations. You just reinvented the basic specs of JFS and XFS.

-Andi
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