Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:16:24 +1000 | From | "Lindsay Roberts" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs: Add romfs version 2 |
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On 7/18/07, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote: > > > * Adds new derivative of romfs filesystem (rom2fs) with > > > block aligned regular file data to bring performance > > > parity with ext2/3. This is about 225% of the read > > > speed of the existing romfs. > > Doesn't that make these filesystems much bigger? By, on average, .5k > per file? Or, if I'm understanding things correctly, ~1k?
Yes, my experience has been that it has been almost chillingly close to .5k per regular file increase in partition size. I know in applications in which size is utterly critical this may be slightly unattractive, but in cases where romfs is chosen for its byte reproducibility and read-only nature the size/performance tradeoff is fairly advantageous. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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