From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966034AbXDHAlP (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:41:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966032AbXDHAlP (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:41:15 -0400 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:35484 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966019AbXDHAlN (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:41:13 -0400 To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm, Jan Harkes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER. References: <46157B5B.5000602@gmail.com> <1175817921.18400.1183285196@webmail.messagingengine.com> <461592FB.5060507@zytor.com> <1175819681.20754.1183287946@webmail.messagingengine.com> <461596DE.2020802@zytor.com> <1175823288.25662.1183293506@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4615C780.5040407@zytor.com> <1175833931.8916.1183307802@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20070406152119.GC4228@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> <1175914056.9653.1183426876@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20070407033049.GI4228@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> <1175925525.21154.1183436614@webmail.messagingengine.com> <14133.1175966465@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:41:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <14133.1175966465@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (Valdis Kletnieks's message of "Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:21:05 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes: > I am quite sure that the kernel RPM file is *already* compressed, at least > somewhat. Sure - that's the point - it's better to have the tool compress data when it makes sense. OTOH I think Reiser4 fs is not about transparent compression, it's rather about the plugins etc. There are other filesystems with transparent compression, that's nothing new. -- Krzysztof Halasa