Re: [PATCH][2/2] SquashFS

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >Also, this filesystem seems to do the same thing as cramfs.  We'd need to
> >understand in some detail what advantages squashfs has over cramfs to
> >justify merging it.  Again, that is something which is appropriate to the
> >changelog for patch 1/1.
> 
> Well, probably Phillip can answer this better than me, but the main 
> differences that affect end users (and that is why we are using SquashFS 
> right now) are:
>                           CRAMFS          SquashFS
> 
> Max File Size               16Mb               4Gb
> Max Filesystem Size        256Mb              4Gb?

So we are replacing severely-limited cramfs with also-limited
squashfs... For live DVDs etc 4Gb filesystem size limit will hurt for
sure, and 4Gb file size limit will hurt, too. Can those be fixed?

								Pavel
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