Re: R/W compressed fs support??

Padraig Brady (padraig@antefacto.com)
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:19:57 +0100


e2compr for 2.4 is being implemented by alcatel (France).
I've successfully used it with 2.4.16 (against filesystems
created with the 2.2 version). although I haven't stressed
it yet. "Denis Richard" <dri@sxb.bsf.alcatel.fr> should
have more info (and the 769777 byte patch).

Padraig.

Tim Kay wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know of a Linux equivalent to DoubleSpace or whatever that
> allows you read and _write_ to a compressed partiton or filesystem (in a way
> that is transparent to the progs using the fs). I know there was e2compr but
> that doesn't seem to have been touched in nearly 2 years, and is 2.2
> specific, Infotec and the CBD patch seem to have died and zlibc seems to be a
> read only solution. I'd have thought this would have been a biggie for
> embedded device people but there doesn't seem to be anything out there.
>
> Any pointers greatfully received....
>
> T.I.A.
>
> Tim

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