Re: Reiser4 in 2.6.14-rc1-mm1

[Edward Shishkin <edward@namesys.com>]

Lexington Luthor wrote:

> Edward Shishkin wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>> It was possible earlier to set it per directory using pseudo-file 
>> interface,
>> but 2.6.14-rc1-mm1 does not contain it already. We will try to post and
>> update the appropriate patch, but anyway using cryptcompress plugin
>> can crash your system.
>>
>
> How stable is it?


I do not keep a track of it. As I remember mmap() is defuncted,
also loop devices on such files fails to work. Send us a private
message (CC reiserfs-dev_at_namesys_com) if you really want to
build and play with it in debug mode.

Edward.

> Last I read, namesys was aiming to have the compress plugin working in 
> reiser4 to be merged into 2.6.14 for the vanilla kernel release. Not 
> that that matters, as I use -mm mostly on my test machines.
>
> If it is possible to use it now, I would love to try - I don't mind 
> crashes on my test boxes and having ~50% more space would be great :)
>
> Regards,
> LL
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