linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:55 -0700
From:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Chris Simmonds <chris@...t.co.uk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Marco <marco.stornelli@...il.com>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files

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

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