From: Ron Johnson Subject: Re: ext5 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:47:15 -0600 Message-ID: <4B74DD53.3080308@cox.net> References: <20100210215028.GD739@thunk.org> <4B73931D.5000302@cox.net> <20100211064433.GF739@thunk.org> <874olnih62.fsf@frosties.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from eastrmmtao102.cox.net ([68.230.240.8]:34813 "EHLO eastrmmtao102.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756082Ab0BLErQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:47:16 -0500 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20100212044716.YEGN13474.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:47:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <874olnih62.fsf@frosties.localdomain> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2010-02-11 15:41, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > tytso@mit.edu writes: >> The idea with read-only compressed files is that they are useful for >> large executables or large static files, where compressing them means >> that it takes less time to read them off of an HDD. > > Or when you only have so much flash. Isn't that what squashfs is for? -- "Hell hath no fury like the vast robot armies of a woman scorned." Walt