linux-kernel - Re: advantages of AXFS over squashfs?

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:42:21 -0700
From:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
To:	"Tomas M" <tomas@...x.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: advantages of AXFS over squashfs?

> I read somewhere that AXFS is going to be a part of Linux kernel 2.6.28
> ( http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6179099416.html?kc=rss )
>
> What are the advantages of AXFS compared to squashfs?

Depends on what you are doing and what features you care about.  You
can read some of the threads starting ~Aug 20th for the details.

> Why not to include squashfs instead?

To be clear, the submission of AXFS has nothing at all to do with
squashfs.  It's not a || it's an && operation.

But yeah, Christoph is right.  2.6.28 is iffy for AXFS anyway.
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