From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Yet another filesystem - sffs
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:32:47 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cohlov$s7p$1@news.cistron.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41AC2DBE.1080501@ntlworld.com>
In article <41AC2DBE.1080501@ntlworld.com>,
Bernard Hatt <bernard.hatt@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>I had an idea for a filesystem as an alternative to using a raw disk
>partition for storing a single (large) data file (eg. a DVD image or a
>database data file), adding the convenience of a file length, permissions
>and a uid/gid.
>
>As I now have some functional code (a 'compile outside the kernel'
>module, only tested against i386/2.6.9) I thought I'd share the sffs
>(single file file-system) code for comments/testing.
I've been using such a filesystem for years, since Linux 2.0 ..
It's at ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/kernel/v2.[0246]/rawfs-*
I use it with the CNFS (Cyclic News File System) storage option
of INN for high-performance usenet news transit systems.
Mike.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-30 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-30 8:22 Bernard Hatt
2004-11-30 11:32 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg [this message]
2004-11-30 19:45 ` Bernard Hatt
2004-11-30 13:23 ` Pavel Machek
2004-11-30 15:24 ` Martin Mares
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