From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263488AbTJQRxz (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:53:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263491AbTJQRxz (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:53:55 -0400 Received: from dslb138.fsr.net ([12.7.7.138]:30408 "EHLO sandall.us") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263488AbTJQRxx (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:53:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1066413232.3f902cb07906e@horde.sandall.us> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:53:52 -0700 From: Eric Sandall To: John Bradford Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Transparent compression in the FS References: <1066163449.4286.4.camel@Borogove> <20031015133305.GF24799@bitwizard.nl> <3F8D6417.8050409@pobox.com> <20031016162926.GF1663@velociraptor.random> <20031016172930.GA5653@work.bitmover.com> <20031016174927.GB25836@speare5-1-14> <20031016230448.GA29279@pegasys.ws> <20031017013245.GA6053@ncsu.edu> <1066355235.3f8f4a2395fa0@horde.sandall.us> <200310170811.h9H8BMpV000171@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200310170811.h9H8BMpV000171@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.2 X-Originating-IP: 134.121.40.89 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Quoting John Bradford : > Comparing the reliability of the hash function to the reliability of > hardware is an apples to oranges comparison. Far more interesting > would be to compare the correlation between reliability of each of > them to the input data. > John. Very true, but I wasn't trying to compare them, instead I was saying (or trying to say) that we don't want an /extra/ layer of possible corruption, if it can be avoided. -sandalle -- PGP Key Fingerprint: FCFF 26A1 BE21 08F4 BB91 FAED 1D7B 7D74 A8EF DD61 http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8EFDD61 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/E/IT$ d-- s++:+>: a-- C++(+++) BL++++VIS>$ P+(++) L+++ E-(---) W++ N+@ o? K? w++++>-- O M-@ V-- PS+(+++) PE(-) Y++(+) PGP++(+) t+() 5++ X(+) R+(++) tv(--)b++(+++) DI+@ D++(+++) G>+++ e>+++ h---(++) r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer eric@sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/ http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU http://counter.li.org/ #196285 | http://www.shock.wsu.edu/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.