From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1J6YCU-0006SR-Cl for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:17:34 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J6YCT-0006Qe-D0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:17:33 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J6YCO-0006Gp-NW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:17:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J6YCO-0006GS-DW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:17:28 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J6YCN-00088y-W9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:17:28 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J6YCL-0002mU-It for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:17:27 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J6YC2-0007NY-Pa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:17:06 +0100 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:17:06 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20071223211706.GA28105@thorin> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpio and tar filesystem X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:17:33 -0000 On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 03:52:37AM +0800, Bean wrote: > I write a filesystem driver for cpio and tar archive file. now you can > open the archive with loopback command: Wow, you're fast! :-) I don't know about tar/cpio file format, but I'm impressed about the small size of your code. How is it that the same code is used for both formats? Are they different enough that it'd be an advantage to make them separate modules? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)