From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xavier Bestel Subject: Re: [ANN] Squashfs 3.0 released Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:54:13 +0100 Message-ID: <1142610853.22772.282.camel@capoeira> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp18.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.126]:45573 "EHLO smtp18.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006AbWCQPyW (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:54:22 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1808.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 4A4A770000AF for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:54:18 +0100 (CET) To: Phillip Lougher In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 01:45, Phillip Lougher wrote: > Hi, > > Squashfs 3.0 has finally been released. Squashfs 3.0 is a major > improvement to Squashfs, and it addresses most of the issues that > that have been raised, particularly the 4GB filesystem and file > limit. It can be obtained from the usual address http:// > squashfs.sourceforge.net. There is still some work to be done, in > particular NFS support which I'll add as soon as I get time. After > this I'll consider resubmitting patches to the LKML. > > From the changelog, the improvements are as follows: > > 1. Filesystems are no longer limited to 4 GB. In > theory 2^64 or 4 exabytes is now supported. Isn't 2^64 16 exabytes ? Xav