Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751067AbWAVS0P (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:26:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751062AbWAVS0P (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:26:15 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:12448 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750805AbWAVS0O (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:26:14 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:26:03 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Phillip Susi cc: Shaun Savage , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: CBD Compressed Block Device, New embedded block device In-Reply-To: <43D3A9D1.2060800@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: References: <43D3467C.7010803@tvlinux.org> <43D3A9D1.2060800@cfl.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 502 Lines: 15 > How is this different from cloop or dm-crypt? (dm-crypt is for crypting, CBD is for compression, I'd say.) Compared to cloop, I'd say "the same" without giving too much thought away, but as always - he who comes first, draws first. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/