linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] AXFS: Advanced XIP filesystem

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:31:44 +0200
From:	"Leon Woestenberg" <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>
To:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"Jörn Engel" <joern@...fs.org>,
	tim.bird@...sony.com, cotte@...ibm.com, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] AXFS: Advanced XIP filesystem

Hello Jared,

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@...il.com> wrote:
>> FWIW, I'm not sure it's a good idea to name this new filesystem AXFS.
>> People are almost certainly going to confuse it with XFS despite
>
People that care about their filesystem choice know their choices.
People that don't
care, well they don't care.

Maybe AXIPFS would be the close alternative.

One question on the use-case profiling and subsequent image rebuild:

What if the use-case did not cover all cases of XIP use?

If a compressed page is attempted to be executed, will the filesystem
fall back to decompression to RAM and execution from RAM, or will this
result in a faulty system?

The design choices look real good. Congrats on the achievement.

Regards,
-- 
Leon
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