Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:01:59 +0100 |
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"raymond jennings" <highwind747@hotmail.com> writes:
> Is there any value in creating a new filesystem that encodes long > contiguous blocks as a single block run instead of multiple block > numbers? A long file may use only a few block runs instead of many > block numbers if there is little fragmentation (usually the case). > Also dynamic allocation of inodes...etc. The details are long; anyone > interested can e-mail me privately.
Congratulations. You just reinvented the basic specs of JFS and XFS.
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