From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando" Subject: Re: Reiser4 repackers Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 13:37:30 +0000 Message-ID: <427E161A.40309@futuretg.com> References: <427A0834.7080201@futuretg.com> <427A99C0.2000105@slaphack.com> <1115335902.24839.4.camel@localhost> <427ADAA4.8000407@slaphack.com> <20050506035921.GF8179@gnu.org> <427C46EC.6080009@slaphack.com> <20050507102514.GH8179@gnu.org> <427D66FA.8050803@slaphack.com> <20050508010525.GL8179@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20050508010525.GL8179@gnu.org> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Andrew Clausen Cc: David Masover , Jonathan Briggs , Hans Reiser , Reiserfs mail-list Andrew Clausen wrote: >On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 08:10:18PM -0500, David Masover wrote: > > >>>The blocklist is only needed to find the blocks in the nested file, >>>which is huge. (I don't know anything about reiser packing, but >>>things like tail-merging aren't a serious problem.) >>> >>> >>Yet, it's still a problem. You want a standardized way to map files to >>underlying blocks, and before Reiser4, I'd say this was easy. But now, >>who knows what the FS does to bastardize the file on the way down? >>Crypto/compression? Tail-packing? Stenography? The possibilities are >>endless... >> >> > >Can't you disable these things for the special nested file? You only >need the block list for one file! > > This must be fine! -- -- Check FT Websites ... http://www.futuretg.com - ftp://ftp.futuretg.com http://www.FTLinuxCourse.com http://www.FTLinuxCourse.com/Certification http://www.RPMParadaise.org http://www.YourPersonalOperatingSystem.com Mobile: +39 393 665 4239 Lancelot is back! --