From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@interia.pl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: compressed tmpfs
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:19:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031110131911.GA12099@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FAF894C.4040806@interia.pl>
On Mon, 10 November 2003 13:49:16 +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>
> I was looking for something like tmpfs, but with additional feature -
> that all the files in that file system would be compressed.
>
> I think it could be nice for one's RAM, especially in embedded
> devices/diskless stations, at a little expense of efficiency.
>
> Is there such a feature in 2.4 kernel yet, and, if not, where should I
> look for it?
>
> There is e2compr module on http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2compr/, but
> I'm not sure if it can be easily applied to 2.4.22 kernel (seems like
> it's for 2.4.17 kernels only).
Jffs2 on a ramdisk comes close to what you want. For something
better, you have to code it up yourself.
Jörn
--
Time? What's that? Time is only worth what you do with it.
-- Theo de Raadt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-10 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-10 12:49 Tomasz Chmielewski
2003-11-10 13:19 ` Jörn Engel [this message]
2003-11-10 15:23 ` Paulo Marques
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