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From: Padraig Brady <padraig@antefacto.com>
To: timk@advfn.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: R/W compressed fs support??
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:19:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CB4824D.2030509@antefacto.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200204101306.g3AD67s01683@mail.advfn.com>

e2compr for 2.4 is being implemented by alcatel (France).
I've successfully used it with 2.4.16 (against filesystems
created with the 2.2 version). although I haven't stressed
it yet. "Denis Richard" <dri@sxb.bsf.alcatel.fr> should
have more info (and the 769777 byte patch).

Padraig.

Tim Kay wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Does anyone know of a Linux equivalent to DoubleSpace or whatever that 
> allows you read and _write_ to a compressed partiton or filesystem (in a way 
> that is transparent to the progs using the fs). I know there was e2compr but 
> that doesn't seem to have been touched in nearly 2 years, and is 2.2 
> specific, Infotec and the CBD patch seem to have died and zlibc seems to be a 
> read only solution. I'd have thought this would have been a biggie for 
> embedded device people but there doesn't seem to be anything out there. 
> 
> 	Any pointers greatfully received....
> 
> T.I.A.
> 
> Tim



  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-10 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-10 13:08 R/W compressed fs support?? Tim Kay
2002-04-10 18:19 ` Padraig Brady [this message]
2002-04-12  7:26   ` Eric W. Biederman

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