Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:55 -0700 | From | Tim Bird <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > It is not that we are talking big and complex stuff here.
I agree completely.
> pramfs is likely to be used for small things and then having to > fix endian on a few headers in the on-dsk format does not matter.
I agree with this, but mostly out of exhaustion.
> Not compared to the potential disadvantages.
I can see no potential disadvantages.
> It should be possible to read a file-system on your x86 64bit > box that you wrote with your small powerpc target. For a (NV)RAM-based filesystem?? WTH???
This is not my file system, so I don't have a dog in this fight. I just wanted to clarify what I thought were some misconceptions about the use cases and priorities for the FS. My "advocacy" may be interfering with understanding this system and its purpose. I'll be quiet now. -- Tim
============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================
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