Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files

From: Tim Bird
Date: Mon Jun 22 2009 - 18:01:30 EST


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

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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