Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755872AbZFVWB0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:01:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751535AbZFVWBQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:01:16 -0400 Received: from outbound-dub.frontbridge.com ([213.199.154.16]:7304 "EHLO IE1EHSOBE001.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751364AbZFVWBP (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:01:15 -0400 X-SpamScore: -12 X-BigFish: VPS-12(zz1431J98dRzz1202hzzz2fh6bh17ch61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 Message-ID: <4A3FFF17.9020701@am.sony.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:55 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Ravnborg CC: Chris Simmonds , Arnd Bergmann , Marco , Linux FS Devel , Linux Embedded , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files References: <4A33A7EC.6070008@gmail.com> <200906221317.04166.arnd@arndb.de> <4A3FC7F1.5050108@gmail.com> <200906222033.20883.arnd@arndb.de> <4A3FDBFE.8050509@2net.co.uk> <20090622203034.GA12587@uranus.ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20090622203034.GA12587@uranus.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2009 22:00:56.0726 (UTC) FILETIME=[EB64E360:01C9F384] X-SEL-encryption-scan: scanned Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1230 Lines: 37 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > It is not that we are talking big and complex stuff here. I agree completely. > pramfs is likely to be used for small things and then having to > fix endian on a few headers in the on-dsk format does not matter. I agree with this, but mostly out of exhaustion. > Not compared to the potential disadvantages. I can see no potential disadvantages. > It should be possible to read a file-system on your x86 64bit > box that you wrote with your small powerpc target. For a (NV)RAM-based filesystem?? WTH??? This is not my file system, so I don't have a dog in this fight. I just wanted to clarify what I thought were some misconceptions about the use cases and priorities for the FS. My "advocacy" may be interfering with understanding this system and its purpose. I'll be quiet now. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America ============================= -- 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/