Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Feb 2000 22:16:56 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 Features |
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Hi Stephen.
>> Q. Is there any likelihood of the e2fs-compressed patch (or anything >> similar) making its way into the standard kernel any time soon?
> Probably it is too late for 2.4.0, but beyond that the answer is > yes only if somebody takes on the job of getting it in shape: is > e2compr still being maintained, and is there a robust 2.3 > version?
No idea re a robust 2.3 version, but I'm using the 2.2 version atm, and that appears to be rock solid.
The website for it is....
http://opensource.captech.com/e2compr
...and, according to that, there is a maintainer, although said maintainer is apparently not very active "due to university and paid work". However, that's probably true to an extent of most of us.
I note on the "Current work" page, said maintainer states that the "real work" is...
1. Better e2compr support in e2fsck (will take some time, but is important).
2. Maybe find a fix for that blasted Whoops kernel problem.
...but I also note that the said page hasn't been updated since May 9th 1999, so I'm not really sure.
I'd take the job on myself if I was sure I wouldn't be flattening somebody else's toes...
Best wishes from Riley.
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