Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:50:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compressed FS Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970722112132.13099A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199707220018.RAA12149@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > The BSD layering is such that the VM issues are, in some cases, > hard to overcome (which is why union FS's currently don't work > in the main line tree). Any compression (or cryptographic) FS > would face similar problems, since it would need to maintain > seperate cache data for the uncompressed (or deencrypted) file > blocks. I see... But I had the impression that unions and portals work pretty well under -current - I used them several times and they didn't burn the house down :-) Current's LINT file contains information about these FSs being broken. Is it still true? Sincerely yours, --- Andrzej Bialecki FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations <abial@warman.org.pl> http://www.freebsd.org Research and Academic Network in Poland
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