From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750881AbWCQPyX (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:54:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751058AbWCQPyX (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:54:23 -0500 Received: from smtp18.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.126]:45829 "EHLO smtp18.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbWCQPyW (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:54:22 -0500 X-ME-UUID: 20060317155418179.2BBB2700009B@mwinf1808.wanadoo.fr Subject: Re: [ANN] Squashfs 3.0 released From: Xavier Bestel To: Phillip Lougher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1142610853.22772.282.camel@capoeira> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:54:13 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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