From: Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
To: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Squashfs released (a highly compressed filesystem)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:10:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DBF4DBA.8060005@rackable.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DBF43ED.70001@lougher.demon.co.uk
Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First release of squashfs. Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only
> filesystem for Linux (kernel 2.4.x). It uses zlib compression to
> compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are
> very small and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block
> sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 32K.
>
> Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for
> archival use, and in embedded systems where low overhead is needed.
>
> Squashfs is available from http://squashfs.sourceforge.net.
>
> The patch file is currently against 2.4.19. There is further info on
> the filesystem design etc. in the README.
>
> I'l be interested in getting any feedback, advice etc. on it.
>
What are the advantages of squashfs vs cramfs?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-30 2:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-30 2:29 ANNOUNCEMENT: Squashfs released (a highly compressed filesystem) Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30 3:10 ` Samuel Flory [this message]
2002-10-30 3:51 ` Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30 4:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-10-30 4:11 ` Larry McVoy
2002-10-30 4:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-10-30 14:53 ` Jesse Pollard
2002-10-30 15:10 ` Padraig Brady
2002-10-30 15:42 ` Denis RICHARD
2002-10-31 16:18 ` Nicholas Wourms
2002-10-30 23:56 ` Phillip Lougher
2002-11-01 15:57 ` Rob Landley
2002-11-02 8:57 ` Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30 6:28 ` Ingo Oeser
2002-10-31 4:08 ` Phillip Lougher
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2002-10-30 14:17 Matthew Wilcox
2002-10-31 5:12 Phillip Lougher
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