From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261721AbVF0QwF (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:52:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261705AbVF0Qsn (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:48:43 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:31616 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261399AbVF0Qlh (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:41:37 -0400 Message-Id: <200506271640.j5RGefRQ018912@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: David Masover Cc: Lincoln Dale , Gregory Maxwell , Hans Reiser , Horst von Brand , Jeff Garzik , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ReiserFS List Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:00:49 CDT." <42BFA421.70506@slaphack.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200506240241.j5O2f1eb005609@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <42BCD93B.7030608@slaphack.com> <200506251420.j5PEKce4006891@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BDA377.6070303@slaphack.com> <200506252031.j5PKVb4Y004482@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BDC422.6020401@namesys.com> <42BE3645.4070806@cisco.com> <42BE563D.4000402@cisco.com> <42BE5DB6.8040103@slaphack.com> <200506261816.j5QIGMdI010142@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF08CF.2020703@slaphack.com> <200506262105.j5QL5kdR018609@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF2DC4.8030901@slaphack.com> <200506270040.j5R0eUNA030632@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF667C.50606@slaphack.com> <200506270423.j5R4Np9n004510@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF8F42.7030308@slaphack.com> <200506270541.j5R5fULX007282@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF9562.4090602@slaphack.com> <200506270612.j5R6CZGX008462@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF9C4D.3080800@slaphack.com> <200506270643.j5R6hqRh009781@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BFA421.70506@slaphack.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:40:41 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:00:49 CDT, David Masover said: > >>Speaking of backup, that's another nice place for a plugin. Imagine a > >>dump that didn't have to be of the entire FS, but rather an arbitrary > >>tree... That might be a nice new archive format. I know Apple already > >>uses something like this for their dmg packages. > > Hmm.. you mean like 'tar' or 'cpio' or 'pax' or 'rsync'? :) > No, a dmg is an OS X program installer. It appears to be a disk image > of sorts. So this is the backup idea in reverse. I was addressing the ability to deal with an arbitrary tree. By that definition, a dmg, being a disk image and not a tree image, is *not* what you want.... --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFCwCwJcC3lWbTT17ARAgRvAJ97aLQPxXPmwyRxzjRtplO4qZRmfwCgoEeJ begE6L5YF0RAgkWi9u4DXoY= =PlVl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:40:41 -0400 Message-ID: <200506271640.j5RGefRQ018912@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <200506240241.j5O2f1eb005609@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <42BCD93B.7030608@slaphack.com> <200506251420.j5PEKce4006891@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BDA377.6070303@slaphack.com> <200506252031.j5PKVb4Y004482@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BDC422.6020401@namesys.com> <42BE3645.4070806@cisco.com> <42BE563D.4000402@cisco.com> <42BE5DB6.8040103@slaphack.com> <200506261816.j5QIGMdI010142@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF08CF.2020703@slaphack.com> <200506262105.j5QL5kdR018609@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF2DC4.8030901@slaphack.com> <200506270040.j5R0eUNA030632@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF667C.50606@slaphack.com> <200506270423.j5R4Np9n004510@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF8F42.7030308@slaphack.com> <200506270541.j5R5fULX007282@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF9562.4090602@slaphack.com> <200506270612.j5R6CZGX008462@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <42BF9C4D.3080800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:00:49 CDT." <42BFA421.70506@slaphack.com> List-Id: To: David Masover Cc: Lincoln Dale , Gregory Maxwell , Hans Reiser , Horst von Brand , Jeff Garzik , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ReiserFS List --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:00:49 CDT, David Masover said: > >>Speaking of backup, that's another nice place for a plugin. Imagine a > >>dump that didn't have to be of the entire FS, but rather an arbitrary > >>tree... That might be a nice new archive format. I know Apple already > >>uses something like this for their dmg packages. > > Hmm.. you mean like 'tar' or 'cpio' or 'pax' or 'rsync'? :) > No, a dmg is an OS X program installer. It appears to be a disk image > of sorts. So this is the backup idea in reverse. I was addressing the ability to deal with an arbitrary tree. By that definition, a dmg, being a disk image and not a tree image, is *not* what you want.... --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFCwCwJcC3lWbTT17ARAgRvAJ97aLQPxXPmwyRxzjRtplO4qZRmfwCgoEeJ begE6L5YF0RAgkWi9u4DXoY= =PlVl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1119890441_6336P--