Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264028AbUD2Jwx (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:52:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264021AbUD2Jwx (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:52:53 -0400 Received: from gprs214-162.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.162]:14720 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262175AbUD2Jww (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:52:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:52:37 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel Cc: Timothy Miller , "Theodore Ts'o" , Miquel van Smoorenburg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: File system compression, not at the block layer Message-ID: <20040429095237.GC390@elf.ucw.cz> References: <408951CE.3080908@techsource.com> <20040423174146.GB5977@thunk.org> <20040427203426.GB6116@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <409036C4.7030102@techsource.com> <20040429094644.GA6098@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040429094644.GA6098@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 23 Hi! > > I've always felt that way, but every time I mention it, people tell me > > it's not worth the CPU overhead. For many years, I have felt that there > > should be an IP socket type which was inherently compressed. > > Ever heard of ssh? ;) Its too high level, and if you want compression but not encryption that's tricky to do. > Depending on speed of network and cpus involved, scp can be faster > than nfs. Well... but that's due to nfs being broken, right? Pavel -- 934a471f20d6580d5aad759bf0d97ddc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/